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Would you Purchase a b-roll.net Fleece?
I’m pondering putting in an order for these b-roll.net embroidered fleeces. They’d be $25 plus $4 for domestic shipping – or $29. 6oz micro-fleece in black with the b-roll.net logo on your left. If I get enough interest – I’ll place an order – and they’ll be ready in time Read More →
Film Looks at Trauma Behind the Lens
Mike Walter, a DC based reporter has covered all types of TV news stories, but the Pentagon on 9/11/01 changed the way he looked at it all. His latest work, Breaking News, Breaking Down, is a film that looks into how covering tragedy doesn’t prevent us from being affected by Read More →
Should the b-roll.net AWARDS have a OMB Category?
There has been a good debate on the b-roll.net FORUM about whether or not there should be a “One Man Band” category in the b-roll.net AWARDS. The proposed changes to the contest are as follows: 1) Change “Feature (Soft)” to “Feature” allowing hard and soft stories to enter. 2) Remove Read More →
Politico Creator to Start Local News Website in DC
From: NY Times “The creators of Politico plan to do for local news in Washington and its suburbs what they already have done for national politics, announcing on Wednesday that they will build a large, Web-based local news organization from scratch, at a time when traditional news organizations are struggling Read More →
Al Tompkins Speaks With KUSA about Balloon Coverage
From: Al Tompkins – Poynter.org “Last week, KUSA-TV in Denver got a call from a man who sounded frantic about his “missing” 6-year-old son who he said had climbed inside a helium-filled balloon. People around the country would soon turn to the news station for local coverage of what quickly Read More →
The Future Merging of Magazines and Video
So the Kate Beckinsale shoot for Esquire demonstrates how we can shoot video and pull still from the motion. Now photographer Alexx Henry and his team are looking at the hypothetical concept of video magazines presented on flexible OLED “paper.” In this video, Alexx Henry takes us through the creation Read More →
New Era Live Shot
I had to share this photo sent in from Tim Keating of Keating Productions. According to Tim, this is a live feed of an interview with Marion Barry being sent to Washington, DC’s dc.gov website. Got to hand it to the industriousness of this reporter. Thanks again to Tim for Read More →