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video blogging

The False Choice of New Media OR Old Media

May 7, 2007

How about just calling it MEDIA? Sure, labels are useful, but at the end of the day there will be media that people connect with, and the unwatched, unread remains. There seems to be a renewed slugfest between the “revolutionaries” storming the gates of traditional media, and the keepers of corporate status quo. As both [...]

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The Live Video Revolution

April 26, 2007

As the largest collection of live trucks my colleagues and I had ever witnessed beamed images of the horrifying massacre at Virginia Tech, a live TV revolution was quietly happening on the internet. Prompted by “always on” Justin.tv, suddednly everyone’s video had to be live. Tech evangelist Chris Pirillo was live streaming on Ustream, when [...]

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Jamal Albarghouti Spotlights the Role of Citizen Journalists in VA Tech Massacre

April 19, 2007

On Monday, April 16th, Jamal Albarghouti made a consciously editorial decision that the chaos happening – right there – all around him on the Virginia Tech campus, was something that he should record on his video enabled camera. To fight the wise instinct to protect ones life – to set that aside and decide to [...]

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Decompressing From the Virginia Tech Shootings

April 17, 2007

As I come down from the contact high of adrenaline brought about by deadlines on top of dealines, exposure to screaming producers, competing with ourselves and others, the constant din of satellite truck generators, running from this breaking event to that… I’m now able to come up for air. Before I type another word, (i [...]

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Horrifying Events at Virginia Tech Highlight Video Enabled Phones

April 16, 2007

Todays terrifying shooting rampage at Virginia Tech is still developing as of this writing. This is how i found out: NBC just called, I’m to hop on a charter out of Dulles. My next post will be from VA Tech. All of the most dramatic video thus far has come from cell phones Sphere: Related [...]

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Josh Wolf, the Blogger Code of Ethics and the Title of Journalist

April 12, 2007

I’m a bit suspect of all the latest kerfuffle over a “Blogger Code of Ethics”.  In it, Tim O’Reilly and many other well-intentioned folk are trying to codify behavior on the internet.  It all seems a little too group-think for my tastes, and while I’m sure there are noble and useful ideas contained within such a [...]

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The Thinking Man’s News Grunt

April 11, 2007

As I came up through the ranks of TV news photographer, I always found that any given station or market had it’s wise sage. This is the kind of guy who would always be in the right place at the right time to get the picture, command the respect of all of his peers, and [...]

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