Comrade Couric – The People’s Choice
Is TV News the last vestige of the Soviet Union? Think about it. In the Soviet Union there was no choice. One brand of toothpaste. One kind of car. One kind of phone. Take it or leave it. When...
Read moreOne Degree-itis
SOME ADVICE FROM A GIANT My mentor in this business was Fred Friendly. He was Edward R. Murrow’s producer, the former President of CBS News, and a moose of a man. He resigned from his postion as President of...
Read moreA Trip Into Hell
Yesterday, I descended into the jaws of Hell… or at least it looked that way. I went down a long series of rickety, narrow metal stairs to a massive construction site under what used to be The World Trade...
Read moreResponding to TVjobs.com
The website tvjobs.com just ran a piece by Randy Tatano, in which he talks about the one time he picked up a camera in a newsroom and ended up shooting his feet. His advice to an aspiring young journalist...
Read morePublic Broadcasting Speech
Here’s a link (if you’ve got time) to a video of the keynote speech I gave in Boston last week at the public broadcasting conference. (Video courtesy PBS). http://www.integratedmedia.org/nav.cfm?cat=14&subcat=123&subsub=0
Read moreWhy TV News Sucks, Pt. 3
A TRAGIC WASTE OF MONEY AT CBS NEWS Yesterday’s New York Times had an 8-page, four color insert all about how great The New York Times was. It extolled their great reporting from all over the world. The back...
Read moreWhat Is News Worth?
FROM PIGEONS TO ONLINE PROFITS In 1815, Napoleon had just escaped from Elba. (Trust me, this is worth sticking with) After decades of warfare, Europe thought they had banished the French corporal forever, only to discover that he had...
Read more$13,000 Prize for best VJ News Piece
The Concentra Organziation, one of the largest media companies in Belgium (they have many newspapers and also 4 VJ-driven local news stations.. and partner in The Rosenblum Institute (www.rosenblum-institute.com) is again offering a 10,000 Euro (about $13,200 at current...
Read moreWhere The Jobs Are
Flying down to Miami on Friday, I picked up a copy of this week’s Time Magazine. Once you take out the advertising inserts, the magazine literally falls over at the staples. There is nothing inside – no advertising, and...
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