Breakfast with Richard Bookstaber
This morning we had breakfast with my friend and neighbor Richard Bookstaber on the back deck of his house in the Hamptons. It is on the water and the views were incredible, as was the food.
Read moreMeet Andre Zalbertus
He was also the Moscow correspondent for German television…. Andre Zalbertus is someone you should get to know.
Read moreThe Bottom Line
1973 2003 2013 Pay attention to the chart above. It contains the inevitable seeds of the future.
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TVNEWSDAY FOCUS ON JOURNALISM VIDEO JOURNALISM TAKES ROOT IN LOCAL TV NEWS TVNEWSDAY, Aug. 8, 8:08 AM ET The idea of replacing or at least supplementing news crews with reporter-photographers is finding some adherents among broadcasters who are trying...
Read moreDarwin Among the Machines
Its summertime in the Hamptons, and there is nothing better than sitting poolside with a good book.
Read moreGood Morning America
“We’ll be back with sports and weather after this….” Yesterday, we were talking about Videovolunteers and the idea of empowering local people with cameras, edits and training. This reminded me of a story. Stick with it, it has an...
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What is an education worth? Our friend from Fox News writes to ask what is the value of a short training course in video. “How much money can I make from it”? he wants to know.
Read moreSanctuary!!!
`’I learned to shoot at the Travel Channel Academy….why?…” Writer Dan Trigoboff, whom I was on the phone with this evening doing an interview for TVNewsday, draws my attention instead to the second chapter of The Hunchback of Notre...
Read moreWhat is a "TJ"…and what does it matter?
…just the tip of the iceberg…. Now we’ve completed our initial pilot 3 Travel Channel Academy seminars. We have passed some 65 people through the sessions. More are to come. Many more. Starting in September, we are going to...
Read morePieces from The Academy
Here are three pieces produced from the most recent Travel Channel Academies. More will follow.
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