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Date Posted: 19:19:47 04/20/08 Sun
Author: JT
Subject: Re: Why newspapers should not try to do TV
In reply to: Anne A. Filacktick 's message, "Re: Why newspapers should not try to do TV" on 21:49:03 04/19/08 Sat

I had some doubts about the PG's stuff early on, but their political videos have been very, very good. Toland took a beating for that first show, and maybe I'm alone in this, but I thought his Altmeyer interview was pretty slick. Even their sports videos have shown tremendous improvement. The podcasts are hit and miss, but the fact they're even doing them is pretty impressive. The PG does seem to be on a fast track with this stuff.

>If you can't do video right, BCT can't and the Trib
>can't. The PG has done some dumb things, like the
>"News Now" fiasco and the Early Show with Bill Toland
>yet they are way ahead of the pack in this region. If
>their ideas have not come together yet, the fact that
>they've already got polish, quality and sophistication
>in their presentation puts them in the driver's seat.
>Their stuff is so far beyond anyone else's that it's
>pathetic. It's the concepts that need work.
>
>No one expects much from the Trib and in their video
>efforts no one is getting much just like the majority
>of the print and web editorial "product" they offer.
>BCT's site does look like a bunch of kids playing with
>video gear, and why waste time at the very moment
>management's coldly cutting people loose and slicing
>the paper's editorial resources down to zip? If BCT
>is going to be run by a skeleton crew why even bother
>with the paper itself, much less video?
>
>>People have poked fun at the P-G's video efforts, but
>>their stuff is network quality compared to this crap
>>that the Beaver County Times posted on their website.
>>Look at the player interviews, where the players
>>aren't even in frame. Looks like some junior high kids
>>signed out a video camera and scammed a locker room
>>credential. Why would they even post something this
>>bad? Hey, maybe it's high satire?
>>
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>>articles/2008/04/19/sports/doc4807f67de6f2d673797982.t
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