Monthly Archives: March 2009

New York Media Summit’s Lesson – We Are All Going To Die (at least in the media business)

Last week I attended the New York Media Summit, done by Digital Hollywood. The event, featuring keynote speakers such as NBC’s CEO Jeff Zucker and Microsoft’s CEO Balmer, had a somewhat depressing message: We are all going to die. Well, I might be a bit too dramatic. But the conversion of analog dollars to digital [...]

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Online Journalism – If You Don’t Have Video On Your Newspaper’s Site You Are Going to Be Eaten

Michael Rosenblum is the godfather of video journalism. He was a one man band video crew back at the 80′s and since then he trained and taught generations of video journalists this craft. Though poorly shot, here is a great presentation he did to UK journalists where he describes the history and reality of video [...]

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When Business is Tough, Even SXSW Becomes All About Business

Daisy Whitney from TVWeek interviewed some of the key people in SXSW, which basically said the same thing: Online video was hit by the economic climate, and web shows are feeling the heat, BUT More ad dollars are moving online. This resonante with feedback I heard from many of my friends – many of SXSW [...]

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Food for Thought

I came across this amazing clip, through T.S Elliot’s site. Made me think – might do the same for you.

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Video, Media Mix, and Emotions

Image via Wikipedia Video is more efficient in creating emotional attachment than text – if done right. I saw this effect in a course in IDC Media School about online storytelling, which I (along with two amazingly talented lecturers, Noa Morag and Roni Abolafya) delivered last semester. In the course, the students wrote dramatic stories, [...]

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