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The improving state of local TV news
This won’t come as a huge surprise to anyone working in local TV news, but there’s more of it than ever and more people are watching.”To quote Mark Twain, ‘Reports of our death are greatly exaggerated,’” says Hearst Television’s vice president for news, Brian Bracco, in the 2012 State of the News Media report, issued […]
Riveters to the Spot
Ever have that dream where you explore some murky world? Maybe it starts out at the office all normal-like, then suddenly you’re alone and driving, confused as to where you’re going but determined to beat The Others there… That’s when colors swirl an…
Read More →Riveters to the Spot
Ever have that dream where you explore some murky world? Maybe it starts out at the office all normal-like, then suddenly you’re alone and driving, confused as to where you’re going but determined to beat The Others there… That’s when colors swirl an…
Read More →Nashville Crew Shoots for “The Big Break” in Atlanta
I was lucky enough to shoot for the Golf Channel’s reality show, “The Big Break” a few months ago in Kentucky. So I was pretty pumped when I got the call saying I would be shooting for them again in Atlanta. I made the early morning drive down to Atlanta, picked up my audio guy, […]
Read More →Friday Night Football
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dQprohhGSc
A story about high school football shot by the 1974 NPPA PoY winner.
And feel free to compare and contrast it to the high school football-related story in this year’s winner’s entry. (Thompson’s version start…
Blame Ted Case…
Ever since Theodore Case figured out how to put sound on film and make the accompanying equipment small enough to transport around, news cameramen have been standing on lonely street corners accosting random people passing by for a handout of their opinions. Yep, feel free to blame Ted Case for your woes… Fox Movietone called […]
Read More →Reinvention…
It’s a fact of life. If you can’t keep shifting with the shifting sands, you can’t stay in the business. Yesterday’s skills are so … yesterday. Griping and complaining don’t cut it. So shrug off that load of history and grab the best of what you are and move on… The din from the “good […]