Local News is Dead
[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/7768268[/vimeo] Last week at CUNY, I sat with Localnewser.com’s Mark Joyella. He took out his camera and did a small video interview on the spot. Â He posted it on his blog and on Vimeo. In the past few days...
Read moreDarwinian Journalism
The book that changed the world…. Journalism is a living species. And like any living species, it feeds. Â So long as it can feed, it survives. Journalism’s food is audience – readers or viewers. The pond was once a...
Read moreThe Washington Post Screws It Up
Those were the days…. and they were a long time ago… The Washington Post announced yesterday that they were firing VJs Pierre Kattar and Travis Fox. Matthew Ingram blogs that this is really about a fight between the paper...
Read more1,000 Flipcams in Newark
Click Here To Link To Knight Foundation Project [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ml21ZWGqCg[/youtube] As you may recall, some time ago I had an idea to try and place 1,000 flipcams in Gaza. While I am still working on that one, (which is a...
Read moreLike Magic
He saw the future before it happened.. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic -Arthur C. Clarke “Profiles of the Future” 1961 Arthur C. Clarke, who died last March was a science fiction author, but also a great...
Read moreWe’re Expanding NYVS Content
Catherine Chao explains how to sell yourself and your work We launched the beta-test version of New York Video School about a month ago, but we’re already seeing where we can expand the content. These last two days we’ve...
Read moreHere Comes Facebook – Video
What’s on? Facebook, the killer online social networking site announced yesterday that they were now the number 3 video streaming site on the web, with no signs of turning back. While Youtube is still the giant online source, with...
Read moreComing To A Newsstand Near You
Quick… get me a dozen copies! Yes, I have finally made the cover of a magazine. No, it’s not the first time. Â That was with TV Broadcast, but this time I think the message comes across loud and clear....
Read moreThe Good, The Bad and The Ugly
“Do you read your newspapers online, or do you still buy the paper kind?” Next weekend we are offering an advanced shooting course with TCA in DC. I wanted to show some examples of the grammar of visual storytelling....
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