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Don’t touch that dial…..dial? What’s a dial? When I was a kid, I used to lay in bed at night, in the dark, and listen to WOR radio, 720 AM. Every night, at 10pm, Jean Shepherd ran a show....
Read moreWhen Professions Die
In 1940, linotype operators were the highest paid union workers in the country. A generation later, they were gone. Technology rendered their once irreplaceable task utterly worthless. Linotype, for those who are too young to remember, was a method...
Read more"Do You Ever Read The Books You Burn"?
Some years ago, on the heels of the success of Trauma, Life in the ER, we began shooting other ‘reality’ shows – Paramedics, Police Force, Breaking News and so on. One we tried, without success, was Fire Fighters. We...
Read moreAre We Missing the Point?
When new technologies come along, existing businesses as a rule, tend to adapt those new technologies to their existing way of working.
Read moreThe "Talent" Trap
What’s it worth? The notion of ‘on air talent’ represents an interesting dilema for local and network news, particularly as video heads for the non-linear web.
Read moreVideo Journalism & The NY Times
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XUKHE89NSE] This morning I met with Nick Kristof and Naka Nathaniel at The New York Times.
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