The Star Ledger Newspaper Wins 3 TV Emmy Awards, Gets 19 Nominations!
The Newark Star-Ledger is a newspaper. Several years ago, thanks to Jeff Jarvis, we were invited to their offices to talk about taking them into video. Over the course of the next few months, we trained about 15...
Read moreChris Christie to NJ: Drop Dead
Closing the door… With a population of more than 8 million people, New Jersey is the most densely populated state in the USA It is also the second wealthiest state in the country, when measured by median income. Thus...
Read morePharmalot – A Model for the Future?
How a newspaper blog became profitable Ed Silverman (whose head is pictured above) was a graduate of NYU’s journalism school and then went to work for the Newark Star Ledger covering the pharmaceutical industry. Pharmaceuticals are a big business...
Read moreNewark Star Ledger gets 7 Emmy Nominations!
Newsroom and TV studio… Yesterday, the Newark Star Ledger received an astonishing 7 Emmy Award nominations for its video work. These are local news Emmys, and this is the first time that newspapers have been allowed to participate. The...
Read moreWhat is a Citizen Journalist?
Running the BBC courses on the beach at Newcastle-on-Tyne Last month, Dirck Halstead ran a provocative piece in his Digitaljouranlist.org asking whether we should abolish the term ‘Citizen Journalist’. This fired off the predictable howl-around, including a thread in...
Read moreThe New Star Ledger
[blip.tv ?posts_id=1543020&dest=-1] Star Ledger VJ Andre Malok’s tour de force. Take a look at the quality of the reporting, the shooting, the editing. The whole package. The Newark Star Ledger is recreating itself as a digital content provider. It’s...
Read moreNews from Newark
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noytnvRxcTg&hl=en&fs=1[/youtube] A shy New Jersey chiaropractor suffers a stroke on a golf course, and his life is suddenly transformed. He can’t stop making art. We were out in Newark this week at a mass meeting to talk about new...
Read moreThe One Percent Solution
Time is money…. Yesterday’s posting of the Star Ledger desert murder piece caused a lot of interest and a lot of discussion. As I noted, I don’t think the piece is perfect. Far from it. I sent extensive notes...
Read moreA Mystery in the Desert
[blip.tv ?posts_id=1378976&dest=-1] The Star Ledger is very much alive. Having resolved their union issues, the paper is back in business, and fortunately the video project is remaining a main focus. Above, a 13-minute documentary on the disappearance of New...
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