The 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...
Read moreThe Soul of a New Machine
You are looking at a machine. As fast, efficient, lean machine designed for news gathering and information processing. It is the newsroom of the Newark Star Ledger. A newspaper. For more than 300 years, newspapers in this country have...
Read moreNewark Star Ledger TV – Day 1
The job of a newspaper reporter is to go out into the community, gather stories and put them in people’s homes. They used to work only in text and stills. Now we add video. Today, we start our first...
Read moreA Sense of Dedication
At work by the pool Ken Krushel knows what television network news is all about. He was senior vice president of Strategic Planning and Business Development at NBC where he oversaw new media development, including digital broadcast, digital cable...
Read moreJK Rowling and TV
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghvNJUJyKxI&hl=en] And something for the weekend: [youtube=[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OITxxsk1E7k&hl=en]
Read moreThe Inevitability of Change
Certified genius Many years ago, I woman I knew said she wanted to introduce me to a guy she was dating. He wanted to do something in television and maybe I could help. So she took me uptown to...
Read moreA Newspaper Leads the Way in Video
Newark – focal point for a revolution in video New Jersey is the most densely populated state in the country. It is also the second wealthiest state in the country. Strange then, that such a rich and powerful state...
Read moreThree From the TCA
[youtube=[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX2BjNIBfKw&hl=en]] [youtube=<object width=”425″ height=”355″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/05keX1x1pI8&hl=en”></param><param name=”wmode” value=”transparent”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/05keX1x1pI8&hl=en” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” wmode=”transparent” width=”425″ height=”355″></embed></object>] [youtube=<object width=”425″ height=”355″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/4Zx-uTQEx8U&hl=en”></param><param name=”wmode” value=”transparent”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/4Zx-uTQEx8U&hl=en” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” wmode=”transparent” width=”425″ height=”355″></embed></object>] None of these people had ever touched a camera or an edit before in...
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