As I came of age in Baldwin Park, California, four teachers had an impact on me and my life. First, the lay of the land. When my parents chose Baldwin Park in 1957, it was still SoCal country. From the late 40s till the mid-50s it had been the home of the Country Barn Dance…
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Book Review: ‘Churchill’s Shadow Raiders’ by Damien Lewis
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Interdrone: Fifteen Resources to Get You in the Air
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Interdrone: Drones and Dronalism, Coming Soon to a TV Station Near You
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Dronalism – the use of drones to provide TV news footage – will be coming soon to a station near you. Or maybe not. TV journalists, like many early adopters of drone technology, face resistance from a variety of sources. At Interdrone, the International Drone Conference in Las Vegas, Sept. 9-11, a panel led by…
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SXSW Interactive: Zombie Journalism and Superhero Journalism
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(First published on blogcritics.org) Two SXSW panels demonstrated that journalism, like many other industries born in the brick and mortar era, must evolve or die. The first panel was populated by professional zombies, unaware how pathetic their whining sounded. The second panel contained innovators of the Superhero mold. Here Come the Zombies The “Cinematic Storytelling and Journalism” panel…