The Power of a Tweet
A whole new way of thinking about the media Recently over at b-roll.net, one of my favorite sites, there was a discussion about whether Twitter was worth anything or just a flash in the internet pan. I put in...
Read more1,000 Flipcams in Newark
Bathed in the sense of the place… Let’s give 1,000 flipcams to 1,000 people in Newark, New Jersey. Let’s teach them how to shoot and cut and tell their own stories. Then, let’s create a gigantic video wall 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 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...
Read moreStar Ledger Lives!
[blip.tv ?posts_id=1318322&dest=-1] The Star Ledger, New Jersey’s biggest newspaper seemed, for a while, to be in trouble. All newspapers are in trouble today, but parent Conde Nast was threatening to sell the paper unless the unions took a number...
Read moreThis Just In…
Here’s the headline: End Of Discussion! Yesterday, our regular reader from Fox wrote to me: The day that paper, or any other in the country, covers the headline story of the day, every day, with a video version, is...
Read moreThe Chosen
This just in….. Television did not appear as a gift from God. The Lord did not appear before Sarnoff, Paley and Goldensohn in the form of a burning bush and select them to carry His word forth. No one...
Read moreLedger Live – Starts Monday
Beyond empowering the photogs and reporters at The Star Ledger with video cameras so that they can embed their videos on the website, we are also going to do a daily ‘live from the newsroom’ report. The newsroom seems...
Read morePutting the VJs and ‘news’ issue to rest
In the beginning it was VJs can’t produce quality. Now that is no longer an issue. Now it is OK. VJs are good for features, but when it comes to ‘real news’, (whatever that means) you still need crews....
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