Quandary or quagmire?

Which is it? I'm torn between two worlds right now, with a deadline approaching. Which camera to purchase? At first it was a simple problem. The Panasonic AG-HMC150 or the JVC GY-HM700? The deciding factor was the price and my budget. The 150 fit the budget, but the 700 has the little bit of extra …

Pondering predictions…

...in this case, one I made more than a decade ago. The Internet was young and fanciful thoughts about what might happen to news were being bandied about when I came up with my wild concept. Imagine a news organization that only employed a few anchors and reporters, but a ton of writers and producers. …

Rules to write by…

Thanks to Advancing the Story for the 25 Commandments For Journalists. Tim Radford of the guardian.co.uk newspaer came up with this list when in a panic: ...15 or more years ago to an invitation to do some media training for a group of Elsevier editors. I began compiling them because I had just asked myself …

Four levels of storytelling…

Thanks to teachj for this link to the four levels of storytelling. Most high school journalists are on level one, with a few managing to get to level two. Most broadcast journalists are on level three, with some still struggling at level two. Level four is for the masters...the names you remember. Charles Kuralt is …