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Not your local TV station’s news show
Can a newspaper do local TV? One of the most ambitious efforts yet just launched in Las Vegas with a brassy party. Hey, it’s Vegas, baby. Greenspun Interactive is doing a half-hour show called 702.tv on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the 10:30 p.m. slot on a cable channel in Las Vegas. As planned, it will…
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Tell a story like it’s about your mother
“My mandate for news teams is that I want them to shoot every story like it’s about their mother, brother, sister, father, and cousin. Tell it that way. That’s the road to clarity, truth, understanding and fully becoming global.” — Ann Curry, NBC
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Psst! …. Aggregation
It’s great to see the Miami Herald launch a local blog aggregator, South Florida Blogs, with journalist-turned-entrepreneur Dave Mastio. There’s some explanation of what they’re up on the Knight Digital Media Center Web site. It’s an idea I’ve long thought was a no-brainer. Maybe that because we’re doing it, too. Few other newspapers or local…