Now We Are All Citizen Journalists
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbVeN13wGFc[/youtube] One way of looking at it…. After Ft. Hood, Paul Carr has written a rather interesting piece for Tech Crunch noting that ‘Citizen Journalists can’t handle the truth’. For all the sound and fury, citizen journalism once again...
Read moreMasters Of The Information Universe!
Arise! You ink stained wretches!! We live in the ‘Information Era”. That, at least, is what everyone says. And it is true. What we do almost all day long is process information, of one kind or another. In another...
Read moreAnd Yet It Moves….
Google… ca. 1609 The Nobel Museum in Stockholm is exhibiting Galileo’s telescope. In 1609 Galileo turned his new instrument to the skies and changed the world forever. Â What he saw – mountains and valleys on the moon, moons...
Read moreThis Is Why It’s All Over….
All The News That’s Fit To Print… Boston Version… I was a child of television. When I came home from school every day, I positioned myself in front of the TV for endless hours of viewing. One of my...
Read moreHow To Make Millions in Journalism
Wake up!!! OK. So yesterday I had my meeting with Nick Lemann, the Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. I pitched him my concept. Here it is: 1. Â I want to run a course at...
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyLkJz3oWfA[/youtube] The deadline for the Knight News Challenge Grant has been extended. Just when I thought we might be coming to the close, they have extended the challenge until December 15. Â They have also invited people to submit...
Read moreColumbia University Graduate School of The Internet
www.thefuture.com I have a meeting with Nicholas Lemann this afternoon. He is the Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. I, myself, am a graduate of the J-school at Columbia, class of ’83. I also taught...
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Go make money…. My friend and Columbia classmate Barbara Selvin is a professor of journalism at Stony Brook on Long Island. Every year, she invites me to come and talk to the class. Â I am going on Friday. Yesterday,...
Read moreTwo VJ Success Stories
Here’s a look at two VJ success stories from two different VJs at different places in their careers. The first is from Jules Broste, who took the TCA in Colorado on our Ski/Shoot seminars with Vail Resorts. Â Jules has...
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