The Morning After
Until you learned to read and write, this thing was utterly worthless…. In the past two weeks, we have trained 80 people as new videojournalists, plus the folks at McGraw Hill and the folks at the Star Ledger we...
Read moreMeanwhile, back in the real world….
Technological revolutions have a tendency to wreck existing industries. Suddenly, none of the ‘old rules’ apply, and it can be extremely disorienting to those who are effected. The reaction to this kind of massive technological shift can be a...
Read moreTravel Channel Academy DC
We fly up from San Antonio, take one day in Newark and wake up the next morning in Friendship Heights, Maryland, the home of the Travel Channel. We’re here starting up another 4-day Academy at Travel Channel HQ, with...
Read moreFrom The Star Ledger
A few images from the Star Ledger’s conversion to video. Courtesy, John O’Boyle
Read moreThe Star Ledger is Kicking Ass!!!!
Just came back from an all-day review session at the Star Ledger in Newark. For the past 2 months, we have been shepherding the 15th largest newspaper in the country into the world of online video, preparing for their...
Read moreFrom the Mailbag
NEW VJ AWARD ANNOUNCED Sabina Streich, Germany’s “VJ Queen” writes to me to day to announce a new VJ Award being offered by the “4th Annual Video Journalism Awards in Mainz, Germany” Mainz, as you may know, was the...
Read moreBe Afraid. Be Very Afraid….
Courtesy, “Buck” at b-roll.net Thanks, Buck, for always including me in your tag line. Our pals over at b-roll.net, the website for professional cameramen, have posted the above photo in response to a local Florida TV Station, Tampa Bay...
Read moreTravel Channel Academy – Texas!
“The eyes of Texas are upon you… all the live long day!” OK. It’s July in Austin, so it’s hot. Really hot. But San Antonio is providing us with tons of material to shoot. At the invitation of Texas...
Read moreFrom The Mailbag
Ryan Van Duzer – Travel Channel Academy alum at work Today we are in San Antonio, Texas (home of the Alamo), where we are starting our first Texas based Travel Channel Academy. Â Ironically, I also received an email...
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,...
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