An Open Letter to Les Moonves
Dear Mr. Moonves, With the announcement that Katic Couric will seek an early end to her contract with The CBS Evening News, and the equally dismal ratings for CBS This Morning, perhaps it is time to look for a...
Read moreWhen Photographers Go To Video
David Hume Kennerly In 1990, on the heels of NY1, I was approached by a Wall Street guy who suggested that I should raise some money and start my own company based on the VJ concept. He took me...
Read moreWe Take The Newark Star Ledger to Video
The morning meeting – now its print, online and video This morning we began a project we have been awaiting with great anticipation- taking The Newark Star Ledger into the world of video. The Star Ledger is the 15th...
Read moreToward a New Grammar for Video
Photography in the 1860s was expensive, complex and heavy There is a direct correlation between technology and grammar – that is a direct relationship between the way something is made, and the way it looks. This is particularly true...
Read moreJudy Rolfe
Professional photographer Judy Rolfe was a participant in last week’s Travel Channel Academy in Washington, DC. Here a few photos she was kind enough to send us: And here is a link to her blog, where she recounts her...
Read moreGannett Stations Go VJ
This was in today’s Denver Post (with thanks to Charles Newcombe who made me aware of this posting in b-roll.net) arts and entertainment KUSA re channels workload, product The Gannett station is pushing multitasking by staffers and ad interaction...
Read moreNewspapers Go To Video
feel the power The New York Times has now moved to their new building on 8th Avenue and 41st Street. But deep in the bowels of their old building stand massive printing presses. They were simply too large to...
Read moreDNA2008 Day 2
Our pal, Pat Younge from Travel Channel explains the Academy concept to the Europeans. The South African team concentrates on the VJ movement they are bringing back. Full house at the Marriott. Next year we have to find a bigger...
Read moreDNA2008 Day 1
The first DNA2008 conference starts outside the Brussels Marriott. The hotel rolled out the red carpet for us, (but in this case, it was in black and white, but with our logo on it!) Nice touch. When we started,...
Read moreIn The Jury Room
Get the white smoke ready…. Today, we spent the day sequestered in a conference room on the second floor of the Brussels Marriott, trying to reach a decision on the winner of the 2008 Concentra Award for Videojournalism. This...
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