Why I Don’t Contribute to PBS
Thirteen is still an unlucky number… Full disclosure: My very first job in TV was with PBS at Channel 13. That would be WNET/13, the PBS station in New York. I was a production assistant on a public affairs...
Read moreFrom Rocketboom to Rocket* At the very beginning of the online video revolution there was Rocketboom. Started in 2004 by Andrew Barron and Amanda Congdon, it was a daily 15-minute webcast of news and satire done from, as far...
Read moreThirteen is still an unlucky number… Full disclosure: My very first job in TV was with PBS at Channel 13. That would be WNET/13, the PBS station in New York. I was a production assistant on a public affairs...
Read moreApres l’deluge…. moi? There is no longer any question that newspapers are in trouble. Daily closings and layoffs place the entire profession of journalism on the endangered list. Right up there with hedge fund managers. Lose a hedge fund...
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