Putting 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....
Read moreIt Hits The Fan
The New York Times today reported that their second-quarter profits fell 82 per cent to $21m, or 15 cents per share, compared with the same period a year ago. 82 percent. The paper also suffered a 16.4% decline in...
Read moreExtra! Read all about it..
Newspapers are pretty easy to understand. At least, the way they gather the news. If you have ever worked at a newspaper you understand immediately how it works. “Here’s the pencil. There’s the door. See you at 6.” It’s...
Read moreFrom The Star Ledger
A few images from the Star Ledger’s conversion to video. Courtesy, John O’Boyle
Read moreBikini Car Wash
Not too long ago, one of our less than supportive friends (hard to believe but true), was asking ‘what happened to all the VJs from 5Takes? Are they working’. Well, strangely enough, yesterday, I ran in to Francisco Aliwalas,...
Read moreNewspapers to Video 3
All across the country, newspapers are racing to embrace video. It makes sense. First newspapers go the web because it’s the best way for them to get their information into people’s homes. Then, the web goes to video. The...
Read moreOn in 3….2…..
Two weeks to go…. I graduated from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 1983. It was so long ago, that we still used manual typewriters. It was so long ago, that we still cut video on RM450s. (wait…some...
Read moreNewspapers to Video 2
[blip.tv ?posts_id=996421&dest=-1] Cancer Care by John O’Boyle This is a piece by Newark Star Ledger VJ John O’Boyle. He shot it, wrote it, voiced it, produced it, and edited it alone. We are now three weeks out from the...
Read moreThe 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 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!...
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