Ledger Live!
OK Joe…talk to me… Yesterday you saw what a great job the journalists at the Newark Star Ledger were doing in adapting to video. They beat the crap out of local TV news… and they haven’t even started yet!...
Read moreExtra: Newspaper VJ Kills Local TV News Crew
[youtube=[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96fEcJ1sPlE&hl=en]} The video above was the first news story ever shot by newbie Newark Star Ledger VJ Andre Malok. Malok had just complete his one-week bootcamp. He had never touched a video camera or an edit system before. Now,...
Read moreThat Old Black Magic
For my next trick…video!!! Since its inception, television has been a ‘dark art’. Complicated. Expensive. Able to be accomplished by only a ‘trained’ few. Magic… or so it seemed. Crate after crate of equipment, lights, gels, cables, booms, wires...
Read moreThe Newly Liberated
The first tranche of the Travel Channel staff will complete their bootcamp today. It has been a liberating experience for them. Liberating in that they have now been empowered with the tools and the skills to create content in...
Read moreA Commitment to Literacy
Travel Channel President Pat Younge brings literacy to his staff Television is a strange industry. The New York Times is filled with people who aspire to be print journalists; to be writers. As a result, when you walk into...
Read moreThis Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us
I said draw…. It turns out that they’re both in the same business. Newspapers and local TV news stations. They both go out into the community, find stories, process them and then distribute them back to the community, charging...
Read moreYou Push The Button
What happened? There is a lesson for newspapers here. Kodak once meant photography. You didn’t even have to ask. The red K in the yellow field was recognized and respected worldwide. Say Kodak and you said photography. Founded by...
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