Videojournalism Comes to Beirut
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWygB5r0Ycw[/youtube] A few days ago I got an email from Channel 1 VJ Marcel Theroux, who was shooting video for The Guardian. Now, a posting from another Channel 1 VJ, David Dunkley Gyimah who has been in Beirut teaching...
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9zngAoKXAs&feature=related[/youtube] Travel Channel Academy grad Cali Lewis on MSNBC About a year ago, Cali Lewis and her husband Neil showed up for the Travel Channel Academy class in Washington, DC. Like many of the folks who take the course,...
Read moreYoutube – With A Focus
Getting the 411… People now upload an astonishing 13 hours of video to Youtube evey minute. Every minute. This is an astonishing number. For an established production company, an order of 13 one-hour shows is a season of work....
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Come on by! Blogging and communicating on the web creates a new kind of relationship. You can get to know someone fairly well and yet never meet them. Sometimes, these relationships can go on for years. Announcing that we...
Read moreSolutions That Work – TV
I know.. gimme a second… This morning I was at TV Limburg in Roermond, Holland. Yeah, I know. Where? Roermond, Holland. You probably have never heard of it, but you should. Because in Roermond a fascinating exercise in the...
Read moreBack To You, Joe
Well, naturally, the day after I post on TVspy that one of the prime differentiators between VJ and OMB is that we don’t do stand-ups, KGTV/10 VJ Joe Little sends me a link to a Youtube posting that proves...
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Today we conclude another session of the Travel Channel Academy in NY. This afternoon, we will certify another 40 gradautes of the Academy. We have sessions scheduled for 2009 in NY, DC and Santa Barbara, but places are already...
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[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...
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[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...
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