This Is How It Starts
Hitler arrives at Nuremberg for rally 1933 – another very popular orator Normally I don’t write about politics here. But not today. I recently posted a note to Hoda Kotb from the Today Show. She had an item on...
Read moreThe Man Who Changed My Life Forever
Prof Robert L. Gaudino In 1972, I entered Williams College as a very sheltered 17-year old freshman. The extent of my world experience had been Long Island, New York, and now Williamstown. In my sophomore year, I took a...
Read moreThe Agony and the Video
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/12999733[/vimeo] Unwatchable… I have to admit I was initially intrigued by a video series about storytelling posted by Henry Jenkins. Kurt Reinhardt, who produced this series, apparently, has indeed gathered some really smart people to talk about Storytelling, among...
Read moreWhen In Rome…
Pick up the white man’s burden… Today’s lesson is ‘old habit die hard’. This afternoon I had lunch with my old friend Peter Klein, who I have not seen in years. Peter was a producer for 60 Minutes, and...
Read moreIs Natalie Tran for Real?
Prof. Michael Hawley, Renaissance man Everyone once in a while one of your friends says, ‘you have to talk to this guy’. Your normal response is… uh.. sure.. fine. So when Mark Bittman said, ‘you have to talk to...
Read moreMen Who Hate Women
The original.. at least in France… I am still doing my morning runs (up to 6 miles today), and I am still listening to the books on tape version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson....
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Now a book, a film and books on tape… I am spending the month of August in a house on Exuma, one of the Bahama Out Islands. Let’s say it makes The Hamptons look like Staten Island. I have...
Read moreToward A New Architecture For Media
The experience of Current TV taught me two things: There were literally millions of people who were ready to contribute content of all kinds in video 99% of it was junk. It was junk because no one had ever...
Read moreIntellectual Bankruptcy for Journalism Schools
RIPNYT There was a curious juxtaposition of stories in this morning’s news: Mark C. Taylor, former chairman of the humanities department at Williams College (my Alma Mater), and currently chairman of the department of religion at Columbia University wrote...
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