Recent content by ravenm

hey everyone, the last 3 years have been great, but the time has come for me to say adeu... i have made the decision to leave television news. i'll be working in a warehouse so i can go back to school to finally earn that pesky electrical engineering degree i've been wanting for so long...

starting to see things like this on job listings: "CHEAPSKATES BROADCAST GROUP IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. WE ARE A SMOKE-FREE AND DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE." equal opportunity for everyone that is a non-smoker. i realize that's not what they mean, but it seems a little, well, wrong to me...

had a producer call me today. it went something like this. "This is Aaron." "Hey, Aaron, it's (insert producer's name). What filter do you need to be on when you shoot inside again?" "One, why?" "Oh, I needed the newscast shot for promos and all you guys are out. Shouldn't be that hard."...

hey guys, wondering if there's any way to ceiling mount a couple sony camcorders to a drop ceiling (preferably without having to jerry-rig it)... anyone got anything? or am i going to have to make something....

we've all heard the nicknames for reporters...dancing monkey, etc....but what about nicknames for specific reporters on your crew? my personal favorite nickname is "sparkles"....for one of our screen-hungry reporters.

hey, our station is going to be going to panasonic dvc pro cams by company mandate (as in, we don't get a say)....anyone have any info on them? the good, the bad, the ugly?