The 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 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 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!...
Read moreExtra: Newspaper VJ Kills Local TV News Crew
[youtube=[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96fEcJ1sPlE&hl=en]} The video above was the first news story ever shot by newbie Newark Star Ledger VJ Andre Malok. Malok had just complete his one-week bootcamp. He had never touched a video camera or an edit system before. Now,...
Read moreThis Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us
I said draw…. It turns out that they’re both in the same business. Newspapers and local TV news stations. They both go out into the community, find stories, process them and then distribute them back to the community, charging...
Read moreYou Push The Button
What happened? There is a lesson for newspapers here. Kodak once meant photography. You didn’t even have to ask. The red K in the yellow field was recognized and respected worldwide. Say Kodak and you said photography. Founded by...
Read moreThe Shape of Things To Come
Franklin’s press While I am working at the Star Ledger this week, I am also reading Eric Burns’ new book, Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism. It is a fascinating history of the...
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