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Another Big Tremor in the the Earthquake in Slow Motion: Part 1 – Some Context
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 is going down in history as a really big day in the world of television. The fact that C-SPAN aired cell phone video through the Periscope social media service for much of the day provided by Democratic … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1, Chapter 9
Tagged earthquake in slow motion, history, ipod, Ken Auletta, television, Three Blind Mice
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Wild Ponies: ‘Making It’ in music in the age of streaming and file sharing
There’s a popular trope out there these days that with streaming music and file sharing, there’s just no way for musicians to make a living as musicians. Game over. Done. Unless you’re already big and famous. But don’t tell that … Continue reading
Some thoughts on Captain America, IMAX and 3-D
I went to see Captain America: Civil War yesterday at the IMAX theater in 3-D, in which Marvel continues to show that super hero movies can tell stories of personal and political substance. While I have enjoyed most of the … Continue reading
Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
How did Google pass Apple to become world’s most valuable company? Bad question, because most of the time it isn’t – but Google is sometimes. Investors bullish on Google/Alphabet’s future; wondering what Apple’s next big product will be. Why is … Continue reading
Nebraska Press Association Workshop – Using narrative in reporting
This weekend, my colleague Terri Diffenderfer and I gave a presentation at the Nebraska Press Association annual convention on using narrative techniques in reporting. We had a great time working with some excellent reporters. I promised to share links to … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 6
Tagged feature writing, narrative reporting, Nebraska Press Association
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Prince Rogers Nelson RIP – Dick Clark’s Toughest Interview
Television stations broke into their afternoon programming today to announce the death of Prince Rogers Nelson, the 57-year-old exuberant, creative, innovative musician who was almost as famous for his love of personal privacy as he was for incredible peformances. As of … Continue reading
Guest Blog Post – Heroes of the Dorm on ESPN2
The following is a guest blog post by my colleague Aaron Blackman, who in addition to being a forensics coach and comm lecturer is also a big fan of video and tabletop games. For the second year in a row, … Continue reading
Where’s Rey?
Sitting in my garage is a plastic storage bin full of old Star Wars action figures that belonged at one time to my kids. If you dig through it, there will be Darth Vader, a Luke Skywalker, a Han Solo, … Continue reading
Trailer drops for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
OK, so I might have squealed. Just a little.
Looking at the history of the future
It’s always fun to take a look back at what people in the past thought the future we are living in now would look like. For example, here’s a segment CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite did in 1967 for a … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1
Tagged History of the future, technology, Weblink
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