'Broadcasting' Category
10 Years Gone
10 years ago this very morning, I was working in the news business. I was working the nightside reporting shift for the ABC affiliate here in Birmingham. I was fishing around for a story, to replace the one that I knew someone was going to do.
A couple of days before, a local middle [...]Un Conventional
South by Deep South won’t be my first foray into unconferencing. It will be my biggest, though.
Years ago, I’d made some friends in an online forum for broadcast journalists. One of them, Randy Steinman, was coming through Birmingham on the way to the beach, and thought it would be neat to have lunch. [...]Single-Minded
Wit is the ability to be clever. Wisdom is knowing when clever will get you beaten up.
I know many people who are clever. Some are clever when they shouldn’t be. Many times that person is me.
I’m a fan of layers in communication — being able to reach more than one audience within [...]More Bad Economic News
Actually, the economy is still growing, but the reporting and hype around it is quite bad.
This morning, our power came on just in time for me to catch a segment on Good Morning America with Mellody Hobson. I really like Mellody, but it’s clear she’s being pushed into stories that make no sense whatsoever. [...]Five Reasons Why Financial News Is Bogus
“The Dow dipped sharply today amid rumors that Britney Spears would get out of rehab a week early.”
Well, why not? It’s about as correct as anything else the financial pundits spew.
One of the functions of feeding a 24/7 news cycle is creating content where no verifiable news exists. Analysis has its place, but [...]
