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newmediajim
05-01-2007, 02:07 PM
Michael Rosenblum lofted Jamal Albarghouti on a pillar as the future of TV News. In my phone/email interview with him he was much more pragmatic.

http://vergenewmedia.com/2007/05/01/scorched-earth-screeds-on-citizen-vs-professional-media/
newmediajim
05-01-2007, 02:08 PM
sorry.. JAMAL was much more pragmatic.
Michaelrosenblum
05-01-2007, 02:56 PM
Just to keep things in perspective, I pointed to Jamal's transmission as an example of how fast the technology is moving - much as I pointed out that Miles O'Brien from CNN had done a live interconnect with his kids using a laptop and the web - no truck, etc... I am not a fan of replacing professional journalists with citizen journos. I am a fan of a spectrum starting with anyone with a camera and a story to tell all the way up to the top of the heap. This is pretty much how print works today and the point of the exercise was that dropping the cost of the gear also lowers the barrier to access. Not a bad thing.
patssle
05-01-2007, 03:25 PM
I pointed out that Miles O'Brien from CNN had done a live interconnect with his kids using a laptop and the web

I was there and saw that. Yes he was able to do it, but it looked like crap. I would not want to see that on a newscast.

Maybe once a webcam can deliver real-time quality footage with a toplight (as it was inside), but not what we have now.
Michaelrosenblum
05-01-2007, 05:03 PM
I agree. For the moment. But you know this stuff only gets better and cheaper, so you look at that online interconnect and you can see very clearly what is coming. I for one would not want to be in the sat truck business. Would you?
Baltimore Shooter
05-01-2007, 05:25 PM
I for one would not want to be in the sat truck business. Would you?

I for one would not want to be Michael Rosenblum right now.

Warren
Michaelrosenblum
05-01-2007, 06:32 PM
I for one would not want to be Michael Rosenblum right now.

Warren

I don't know how your business is Warren, but I, for one, am not complaining! :)
American lost in Canada
05-01-2007, 10:59 PM
I got snake oil cheap, anyone buying?
Chicago Dog
05-02-2007, 12:18 AM
I don't know how your business is Warren, but I, for one, am not complaining! :)

Hey, Mike! Would you mind explaining why you accused me (as well as a random host of others) of being anti-semetic?
patssle
05-02-2007, 12:27 AM
I agree. For the moment. But you know this stuff only gets better and cheaper, so you look at that online interconnect and you can see very clearly what is coming. I for one would not want to be in the sat truck business. Would you?

Perhaps. Someday maybe you'll be able to do a live HD feed anywhere in the world with just your laptop or some other small device. No need for an entire truck.