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By: Rick Portier I hadn’t seen Tim in six months. It was at a graduation party. As always, he was loud and brash, and after making enough small-talk about the kids, football, and politics, I looked for an opening to ditch him. It’s not like we were fishing buddies or anything. We bought a house [...]

I’ve attempted group video chats in the past, but I haven’t found a good multi-camera system. Google+ may be the answer. Add me to your circle and we’ll attempt a hangout on Thursday night 8pm ET. I may have some invites, so let me know if you need one.

From: Al Tompkins, Poynter.org Longtime b-roll.net contributor, Al Tompkins delves into the coverage from WTVT of a 10-year-old boy’s suicide. When it is normal policy of most stations to not cover suicides, WTVT went the other way. Tompkins goes line by line through the station’s coverage to find what they did well and what could [...]

The great photog scribe, Lenslinger brought the words of Tim Fisher to my attention in his post “Beyond the Lunge” “It’s not often you see a TV news photog step out from behind the camera and own up to what he’s shown, but that’s exactly what WKTV’s Tim Fisher did and the results are sobering.” [...]

From: Al Tompkins, Poynter It seems the staging of still photos has raised an ethical discussion. “The White House continues to debate whether to release photos showing Osama bin Laden’s body. In theory, the photos would be proof to any doubters that the terrorist is dead. But not all photos can be believed — not [...]

Unlike when our profession is portrayed in a TV show, this seems to hit the nail on the head. Dilbert has us perfectly… except for the ugly blue shirt. Thanks to Richard Adkins for the heads up…