A Cat Leads a Revolution
still number one…. Like many people, I post my blog on WordPress.com.
Read moreWhither PBS?
It all started with him…. Edward R. Murrow and Channel 13’s first broadcast…. After I graduated from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 1983, my first job was with WNET/13, the PBS station in New York.
Read moreThe Coming Disaster
…where to now?… On May 31, 1911, the Titanic left the Belfast shipyards with state- of -the-art technology.
Read moreThe Source
every once in a while something hits you that changes your life…. I was 12 years old when I first read The Source by James Michener.
Read moreCitizeNews
In 2005, I was invited to speak at the Eurasian Median Forum in Almaty, Kazakhstan. I only went for two reasons: First, I wanted to see Almaty. Second, I wanted to meet one of the other speakers –Oh Yeon...
Read moreYoutube -1320 AD
“see what else is on…” For most of our existence, we have lived in a world without images. We are today so inundated by them, from TV to movies to magazines to billboards that we forget that all this...
Read moreKRON – Two Years Later
works like a newspaper… but in video…. Two years ago this week we started the conversion of KRON4 in San Francisco to the VJ model.
Read moreDisposable Content
the burning of the Great Library at Alexandria… the MGM version… This morning we had a meeting with the head of one of the largest newspaper groups in the world, based in the UK. We were early…(which I think...
Read moreFailure at Channel One
Time for a change… I am in London this week, meeting with a number of major newspaper groups who are moving to video online. Once a newspaper goes online, and once online goes to video, it is only a...
Read moreFreedom to Fail
success if only for those who are willing to take risks…. Television is expensive to make. Books are cheap.
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