The VJ Registry
Can you see the future……. In 1988 I quit a job at CBS News as a producer for Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt, bought a small video camera and went to live in Jabalya, a Palestinian refugee camp in...
Read moreOne Small Step
“what else is on?” On July 21, 1969, man landed on the moon. It was an incredible achivement in human history. And the moment was televised for the entire planet to see. A short three years later, man left...
Read moreIF PBS RAN THE ART WORLD
Can you make it more like South Park? Television, despite all the billions of human labor hours that have been spent making stuff (and that is what TV is all about, making stuff..just like painting or sculpture), has produced...
Read moreDead Man Talking
Hello? eBay? Thomas Edison was an entrepreneur. When he invented the phonograph in 1877 he also incorporated the Edison Speaking Phonograph Company. The idea was to sell phonographs – something which had never existed before. To create demand and...
Read moreThe Unforseen Consequences of Innovation
Youtube started with him. When Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1452, he was hoping for a quick kill. He was deep in debt and his idea was to print bibles faster and cheaper than Monks could write them...
Read moreVJ Academy with Travel Channel
For almost 20 years we have been running our VJ Bootcamps all over the world. We have trained more than 5,000 people to work in this way, from London to Japan. But now, with the web going to video,...
Read moreThe Power that TV News Could Be
Television is the world’s most plastic medium. It is about manipulating pictures, sound, writing, graphics, storytelling, music… When we marry that power to news, it could be unbelievable. It has such enormous potential to move us on so many...
Read moreLive From Sweden
I am blogging live from the SVT (Swedish State Broadcasting) videojournalist conference in Vilhelmina, Sweden. I will have a complete report on this by the end of the day. It’s a 2-day conference with VJs from all over Sweden....
Read moreTV Sucks – Part IV
Oatmeal at 11 If you work in a newsroom as a reporter, you know that the most exciting moment is when you come back from a big story, enter the newsroom and turn to your colleagues and say ”...
Read moreComrade Couric – The People’s Choice
Is TV News the last vestige of the Soviet Union? Think about it. In the Soviet Union there was no choice. One brand of toothpaste. One kind of car. One kind of phone. Take it or leave it. When...
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