The Weird Power of Video
Forgive me, for I have sinned…. I have been running video training bootcamps in one form or another for more than 20 years now. Part of the bootcamp experience is that we give people cameras and send them out...
Read moreDid The Media Lose Vietnam?
Lt. General Donald E. Rosenblum at work…. Last week, at the height of the Cronkite memorabilia-fest, I watched, along with everyone else, as TV news ran the famous ‘we can no longer win the war in Vietnam’ clip over...
Read moreA Three Hour Tour
What now little buddy? When I was a kid, there were only a handful of channels. As a result, everyone ended up watching pretty much the same thing. And as a result, if I sit around a dining room...
Read moreThe F**k-ups In The Corner
oh yeah…. here’s our online dept… let’s move on…. Yesterday, I had a long phone conversation with a major Canadian broadcaster, much like the BBC. They wanted to talk to me about “Citizen Journalists”. “How do you get people...
Read moreBe Afraid. Be Very Afraid.
Really Scary Stuff! New technologies unleash changes that turn societies on their heads. These dislocations can be very disorienting. Even though the printing press was invented in 1452, its full impact was not really felt until the mid 18th...
Read moreThe Power of the Press
Best newspaper in the world? Maybe… Last night we had dinner with our friend Gary Younge. He is a columnist for The Guardian, the British newspaper. A paper many believe to be among the world’s best. Gary noted that...
Read moreWhen Technology Meets Resistance
Over the top The British General Sir Douglas Haig knew how to fight a war. He was the head of the BEF, the British Expeditionary Force in France and he had been in the Army all his life. Haig’s...
Read moreNewspapers to Video
Live from the newspaper This week The Washington Post announced that they were going to train 300 people in their newsroom to be video literate. Across the country, newspapers are rapidly embracing video. As newspapers and video migrate to...
Read moreWhat are YOU doing this weekend?
44 lucky people are spending this weekend in Washington DC at the Travel Channel Academy, where they’re making a lifelong relationship with a cable broadcasting network and learning an important new skill. And they’re also having a heck of...
Read moreLedger 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!...
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