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I have been writing blogs for about seven years now. I used to use a lot of pictures to illustrate the points I wanted to make. These were mostly images I found on the web. If I was talking...
Read moreIs Journalism Dead?
Last week, Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann announced that she would not be running for another term in Congress. This is fine (really), but instead of holding a press conference, she released a video explaining her rationalization for the move. The...
Read moreThe New York Times, The BBC & Video
The future face of The New York Times The New York Times Company today announced that they were hiring Mark Thompson, former Director General of The BBC to be the new President and CEO of The Times Company. The...
Read moreSteve Backshaw, The BBC & The Deadly 60
We are in London this week to run another session of The Guardian Media Academy in partnership with The Guardian. Still not too late to sign up! In any event, we checked into Claridges and the TV in the...
Read moreThe BBC Is Looking For a New Head. I’m Up For the Job
The BBC is looking for a new DIrector General. That is, the guy who runs the whole place. How do I know they’re looking for a new head? Â They posted an ad on their website. I briefly gave thought...
Read moreSolford and The FT – Why The BBC Does Not Get It
LONDON: This week we’re running the Guardian Media Academy here, but also voraciously consuming the local newspapers. England has the best newspaper environment in the world, Internet or not. An article in the FT caught my attention this morning....
Read moreHow To Make Great Sports Video – It’s More Than The Scores
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS–9cu3MJo[/youtube] After travel videos, sports is probably the biggest subject most people like to shoot And there’s a huge market for sports videos, and like much else in the video world, we are only getting started. I screen lots...
Read moreNext Head on the Chopping Block? Sat Trucks
The satellite should be overhead in just a minute… Not so many years ago we were sitting on a ratty old couch in a windowless room in a satellite uplink center in Sidney, Australia. It was 3am. We were...
Read moreCensorship At The BBC
Do you know how to spell Pravda? BBC World News America used to be the best television news program on in the US. Every night, from 7pm to 8pm we were able to watch a really good news program...
Read moreThe Thrill of Victory – The Agony of Defeat
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS–9cu3MJo[/youtube] Making sports video compelling -OK, MORE compelling My sister’s kids LOVE the Yankees. My brother-in-law Ted pretty much goes into bankruptcy every time the Yankees go to the World Series (which is all too often), because he has...
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