Report from Prague
This just in from Tim French, our point person for the Radio Free Europe VJ Project. When Tim is not in Prague, he’s busy training print reporters from The Los Angeles Times to shoot video for the paper. And...
Read moreAnd Now…The News….
And that’s the way it is… LONDON: Spent two days sequestered with The Guardian, imho the best newspaper in the world. They are making a major commitment to video; their spiffy new offices have full blown video and audio...
Read moreJarvis – Rosenblum
You don’t get this every day…. A CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Continuing Education Workshop Date: Saturday, March 28 Time: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Where: CUNY Graduate School of Journalism 219 W. 40th St., New York, NY Cost: $195 (10%...
Read moreFacebook + Content = Newspaper?
170 million users can’t be wrong… The New York Times has about 1 million readers every day. Facebook has 170 million users. This tells you something. The NY Times, (and NBC and The SF Chronicle) were all created in...
Read moreRosenblum Speaks at Radio Free Europe
[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/3779234[/vimeo] takes a minute to cue up…. be patient
Read moreThe Very Best Newspaper in the World
Free online… but I can get the hard copy in NY for $3.50 It is, in my opinion, the best newspaper in the world. It’s insightful, intelligent, in-depth and a great read. Every day. The Guardian, formerly, The Manchester...
Read moreOnly Yesterday
The freshman quad – where I spent 1972-3. Middle door, third floor, on left. Yesterday, we took my nephew Brett to see Williams College. As he just scored a 780 on the math SAT pre-test, it seemed like the...
Read moreYoutube – With A Focus
Getting the 411… People now upload an astonishing 13 hours of video to Youtube evey minute. Every minute. This is an astonishing number. For an established production company, an order of 13 one-hour shows is a season of work....
Read moreA Visit to The Facebook Building
Over there… on the left… Two years ago, we began a very interesting experiment with a major cable provider. We built and ran (and continue to run) a hyper-local TV station which is probably the most cost-effective in the...
Read moreA VJ Speaks Up
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG0unrDNyNs[/youtube] Mark Jones, a highly accomplished journalist with KRON/4 in San Francisco explains what it is like to work as a videojournalist and why he does it. Jones is no ‘kid with a camcorder’. He has been in the...
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