Where Is Google Driving Us?
Where are you taking me? courtesy Wikicommons I am working my way through Simon Schama’s excellent History of Britain. I am into the third volume, 1776-present. At the moment we are in the middle of the Enlightenment. This was...
Read moreHow Journalists Could Conquer The World
But first… The News! My friend Peter Klein, a Professor at University of British Columbia, points out a full page ad in the Globe touting the value of ‘professional journalists’. “‘We believe this is the first step toward taking action to...
Read moreTwitter Stumbles Into A World That Is “Increasingly Video”
The New York Times this morning (and everyone else) was filled with the news of Twitter CEO and Founder Dick Costolo stepping down. The stock price immediately jumped 7%. Not that any replacement was announced, nor was there...
Read moreThe Whole World is Watching – all the time
America’s first Reality Show on TV – image courtesy Wikicommons On May 3, 1963, Freedom Riders descended on the city of Birmingham, Alabama, demanding equal civil rights for black Americans. Since the end of the Civil War, or shortly thereafter,...
Read moreText and Video are The Same Thing Now
not so complicated… This morning, Omtalk.com published a fascinating article entitled “How & Why Facebook video can overtake Youtube”. And they had the stats to back it up: Facebook only started getting serious about video a year ago, but...
Read moreAll Journalists Must Learn Video says AFP Chief
The ability to produce video packages is one of the most important skills a journalist can have, according to Phil Chetwynd, global editor-in-chief at AFP. So says Phil Chetwynd, head of AFP, head of one of the largest and...
Read moreA Solution to the Brian Williams Dilemma
Think about it…. (image courtesy Wikicommons) So NBC seems to have a problem. Should Brian Williams come back? Personally, I can’t see what all the agonizing is over, but it might have something to do with the reported $30...
Read moreWhy Smart People Have to Embrace Video
Life changing… In 1985, Neil Postman published a book called Amusing Ourselves to Death. Every once in a while you read a book that completely changes the way you see the world. Once (or maybe twice) you read a...
Read moreThe Selfie World
Captured imaginations We have the pleasure of living in Midtown Manhattan. This also means we have the misfortune of living a few blocks from Times Square. Normally, we try and avoid Times Square at all costs – even if...
Read moreHow To Cut The Cost of News – England Shows The Way
A different way of looking at the British elections… Although it is still two years away, America is gearing up for its Presidential election. With Hillary having already raised more than a reported $2 billion, a lot of money...
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