Recent content by Lenslinger

This isn't a story I produced, but rather a new streaming show I've put together for my station. It's all rather photog-centric and I'd be curious to hear this group's thoughts.

Gotta agree. The future of local TV News looks pretty grim indeed. My station, along with many others, is getting into the streaming game. Will streaming news content save local TV stations? Stay tuned...

Shrinking audiences... Plummeting ratings... Station groups perched to gobble each other up... The future of local television news is scary AF. What will our industry look like in ten years? Will local newscasts, let alone photogs, be a thing of the past? I sure as hell hope not. What does...

Many moons ago, Kevin Johnson did TV News photogs the world over a real solid by establishing a watering hole of sorts for those of us with cameras in our hatchbacks. Tips, stories and tall tales poured forth as TV News techie-types came together for the betterment of photog-kind. It was...

The podcast idea is intriguing. Check out what I'm doing on my station's streaming service...

Holy Flashback! I used to LOVE this place, in fact it was the origin of all the blather I now spew on-line. Sorry? Anyhoo, how do we get this party (re)started?

What makes working on Thanksgiving even WORSE? Some nut-bag crashing your live shot! Kudos to Jon Goss and Jeff Chirico for keeping their cool... 54117213 Full Schmuck Alert at... http://lenslinger.blogspot.com/2012/11/schmuck-alert-beautiful-loser.html

By now you've probably heard about the brazen camera snatching in Oakland. According to reports, five men approached a KPIX crew at the end of their noon live shot, struck the photog and stole his camera. This clip shows the camera being yanked on-air. It's a scary scenario, with more questions...

Though I was working in North Carolina television at the time, I did not know Bart Smith, Rick Sherrill or Jim Lane. But when all three men perished in the 1991 crash of WTVD's helicopter, the impact sent shock waves through every television station in the state and nation. Since that time...

On a rare solo excursion to the shore, I'll be performing undisclosed broadcast duties in Myrtle Beach this weekend. Any b-roll peeps in the Myrtle Beach area want to gather for drinks this Saturday night? We'll hoist a glass Northward in honor of recovering Kevin!

The world is full of talented TV News reporters. I’m lucky enough to work with some of them. But there’s a trend afoot I find most disturbing and it’s ushering in the age of the VJ. I’m talking about laziness, plain and simple. It’s not a trait most people would attribute to such a...

Dear DreamWorks, Congratulations. With your latest animated release, you've captured the imagination of moviegoers everywhere - for at least a weekend, anyway. We here at the Lenslinger Institute couldn't be happier for you and may even use our children as an excuse to attend this 3-D feast...

from lenslinger.com ... When I grow up, I wanna be just like Greg Pell. After all, dude's a legend; a pipe-smoking wise-ass who's been lighting up North Carolina news scenes since the mid 70's. I, of course, didn't meet him until 2007, when he came out of retirement to school a younger...

Soooo, you've got a big corporate announcement coming up - a groundbreaking of such earth-shattering importance even those stoners from the local free weekly will show up on time. Trouble is, your CEO has all the charm of a urinal. One he starts thanking his cronies, plants wilt, the ounch goes...

I don't wanna rant, but.... Maybe it's my blue collar upbringing, or the fact that I carry a camera and questions into battle unaccompanied every day - but the findings of a recent study really chaps my batteries. Actually, it's not the whole study, for it raises some valid points about the...