The One Percent Solution
Time is money…. Yesterday’s posting of the Star Ledger desert murder piece caused a lot of interest and a lot of discussion. As I noted, I don’t think the piece is perfect. Far from it. I sent extensive notes...
Read moreA Mystery in the Desert
[blip.tv ?posts_id=1378976&dest=-1] The Star Ledger is very much alive. Having resolved their union issues, the paper is back in business, and fortunately the video project is remaining a main focus. Above, a 13-minute documentary on the disappearance of New...
Read moreThe Wizard of Omaha
You have to invest… I am reading The Snowball, the official Warren Buffett biography by Alice Schroeder. Buffett is some smart and impressive guy. Starting with nothing, in Omaha, Nebraska, he is now the wealthiest person in the US,...
Read moreWhat You Don’t Get To See
As I have often mentioned, we spend our time split between Europe and the US. As a result, we get the interesting insight of seeing the same event as viewed by two totally different media machines. While we in...
Read moreThe Local Wars
All news is local….. In 2004, on the heels of 5 years with the BBC, we started on a second project. Hyperlocal news. The test base was Birmingham, England, and we built 5 ‘hyperlocal news pods” in 5 Birmingham...
Read moreThe 3-Minute Opera
If you recognize this, you are old…. like me. I was out running in the park this morning, and my iPod was on shuffle. In mid stride, the music went from Marvin Gaye’s Sexual Healing (I am old, see...
Read moreEyes on the Prize
Selling last year’s rug on eBay… We are gearing up for this year’s DNA2009 Digital News Conference in Brussels. The headline for all VJs is that we are once again awarding our €10,000 prize for the best VJ piece...
Read moreWhat Can You Believe?
Cover the world… People like to say that we are awash in information. Actually, nothing could be farther from the truth. We have until now lived in a world of very limited information. It may have been broadcast globally,...
Read moreHe Gets It
In early 1994, I was approached by a man named Sir David English, one of the greatest newspapermen and journalists in British history. He was going to build the first 24-hour TV news channel in London. It would be...
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