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Re: redbankgreen FOUNDER SIGNS OFF

PodcastSteve — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 09:15:38 -0000

Hey John, it seems like light years ago since you first previewed Red Bank Green at this journalism panel at Brookdale hosted by the inimitable Art Kamin. Congratulations on your success and best wishes for your next chapter!

https://lubetkin.net/brookdale-community-college-journalism-podcast-1-changing-world-of-american-journalism-113006/

Re: New Jersey’s First Neuro-Inclusive Residential Community Coming to Red Bank

PodcastSteve — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:52:29 -0000

There is actually another community like this in Cherry Hill, the Weinberg Commons. More info at https://statebroadcastnews....

Re: A dark day for democracy in America

PodcastSteve — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 09:42:44 -0000

I'm still mystified and a little embarrassed by fellow Jews who embraced Trump because of the empty, meaningless posturing over where the embassy is located. He has done more to increase violence against Jews and Jewish institutions than any American leader in recent memory. And yet major Jewish community organizations have failed to denounce him. Why is that?

Re: 6 ways to create a highly shared newsroom

PodcastSteve — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 09:20:12 -0000

For all PR professionals creating newsrooms, keep working journalists in your plans too. Have a library of high-resolution digital photos of executives, company facilities, products, logos, that can be downloaded on demand. Don't make the media register and wait for someone to approve access. Journalists don't always work daylight hours, and making them wait a day for access could mean your content doesn't get used in the story. Don't rely on tiny thumbnail images of executives that designers love to put next to the executive bios on websites. They don't scale and can't be resized to fit news pages.

If you have executives making statements in news releases, think about recording audio or video versions of those statements and making them downloadable too. These can be used in radio and TV newscasts, or in audio and video podcasts about the topic.

You have to create newsrooms that are real newsrooms, as if you are "being the media."

Re: Rod Rosenstein Will Decide the Outcome of Mueller's Investigation - The Atlantic

PodcastSteve — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 06:51:52 -0000

Another theory about Trump's serial lies and efforts to derail the investigation is that he actually has something bad to hide and is terrified that it will all come out. Don't forget the ability of the New York state attorney general to prosecute for state crimes, out of reach of a presidential pardon. Ivanka, Jared, Eric, and Don Jr. should be very afraid.

Re: After leadership shakeup, here’s what will change at PSL’s Diversity Dinner

PodcastSteve — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 14:02:19 -0000

As a journalist, I'm not quite sure I understand how transparency is served best by leaving the reporting of the proceedings to the table captains, who may or may not have vested interests in how they shape the report they submit. Wouldn't true transparency suggest that objective observers be entitled to report on the comments people make in what is arguably a public meeting that anyone can attend?

Re: Dead of the Day: September 3, 1977

PodcastSteve — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 11:56:59 -0000

I covered this concert for the Asbury Park Press. One of the best experiences I had as a music writer.

Re: Retro PSN: Glen Campbell—Meet A Legend

PodcastSteve — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 21:31:35 -0000

I was lucky to be in the audience in 1969 when Glen played the Garden State Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey, where he recorded a two-record live album. I always admired his guitar skills and his stage presence, and I'm very sad that he's no longer here.

Re: InsiderNJ Quiz: Can You Identify ALL of the People in this Vintage NJ Politics Photo?

PodcastSteve — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 08:12:59 -0000

I got everyone except Jim Howard and Dugan (didn't know Dugan), and the way Howard is turned around threw me off. Reminds me of my 1979 photo of the dedication ceremony at the Sen. Harrison A. Williams MetroPark Train Station.

Re: A Statement from Denise Morrison, President and CEO

PodcastSteve — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 13:14:12 -0000

It should not have taken this long for you to recognize the bigotry and hatred in the Trump White House. You didn't get to be CEO of one of America's most iconic companies by being naive.

Re: Why it’s important for us to be at the table

PodcastSteve — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 17:41:19 -0000

Ms. Morrison, I bet you wish you waited with this statement to see that unhinged press conference by the so-called president this afternoon.

Your statement above says "Campbell has long held the belief that diversity and inclusion are critical to the success of our business and our culture. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is unwavering..."

Prove you mean those words and separate your company from the kakistocracy that Donald Trump represents. You can do better work and be more effective NOT being at his table. If you can't see that, you deserve the boycott people are talking about.

Have you no sense of shame yet for associating your company's reputation with this racist?

Re: Why it’s important for us to be at the table

PodcastSteve — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 15:16:44 -0000

Very cowardly decision. Speaks volumes about what really matters to your leadership, and it's obviously not building trust with your multicultural workforce or customers.

You spend millions of dollars on programs to recruit a diverse workforce.

Re: Trump Takes Another Shot At 'Beleaguered' Jef | The Daily Caller

PodcastSteve — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 11:32:08 -0000

He also has Roger Stone out undermining Sessions in his email blasts to the alt-right base.

https://stonecoldtruth.com/...

Re: PetaPixel - Photography and Camera News, Reviews, and Inspiration

PodcastSteve — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 18:57:23 -0000

The real ultimate issue is, if you're going to post your work on sites you can't control, you're going to get infringed. I don't post my client work on Instagram or Facebook. I post it on my photography website where I can lock it down, and then I share links to that site.

Re: Dear United, Your Indifference to Customers Is Showing

PodcastSteve — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 07:38:36 -0000

If airlines offered people serious financial incentives, they'd have no problem getting people to give up their seats. United had, according to government figures, 3,765 passengers who were involuntarily removed from flights last year. Even if they gave every one of those people a $300 package of hotel room, dinner, and ground transportation, it would have cost less than $1.2 million to make people feel special. Instead of "we're going to drag you off the plane," they could have said, "we know this is an inconvenience so we'd like to make it a bit of an adventure for you." Imagine what a world of difference that would have made.

Re: Senior Correspondent hails ‘old’ journalists in bewildering Twitter campaign

PodcastSteve — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 07:45:20 -0000

I don't know. It could be a term of affection. Remember the famous story about the editor who needed Cary Grant's age for a story, but Grant was out of town. So he sent a telegram to Grant asking "How old Cary Grant?" When Grant received the telegram, he cabled back, "Old Cary Grant fine. How you?"

Re: Restaurant apologizes for hosting alt-right meeting, will donate to Jewish group

PodcastSteve — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 08:08:00 -0000

I hate to be terribly cynical, but The Hill will be following up with the restaurant and the ADL to confirm that the donation is actually made, right?

Re: Commentary: Philly journalists, keep chats with pols on the record

PodcastSteve — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 18:01:27 -0000

I just joined the P&P this year after getting back into the journalism side of things, and I also have a bit of a problem with OTR meetings like this. I don't attend them, I don't want to be bound by the rules if I have to cover any of these officials. It's worth an open discussion. I know the P&P arguments about it, but it strikes me more as an old-boys network than as a journalistic tool. If you have 200 people in a room and a public official makes comments to them, how can it realistically be considered off the record?

Re: Uber Shares in Kalamazoo Tragedy, But May Avert an All-Out Crisis

PodcastSteve — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 08:07:23 -0000

I agree with the thrust of what Gary is saying. It's not Uber's fault, on the surface. But there is a problem here, and the company has not really recognized that problem yet.

The company needs to do a much better job articulating the specifics of its driver screening program.

Uber must create new procedures for riders to alert the company -- and get a response with much more urgency -- when they discover something is amiss with a driver.

One of the key weaknesses of Internet based businesses like Uber is their ability to scale operations to global levels while steadfastly refusing to spend money on infrastructure to support customers adequately.

Try calling Google for help, for example.

A company like Uber, where its agents' interactions with the public have had devastating results in India, Pakistan, and now in Kalamazoo, needs to have a much more visible, public, and responsive executive face to the world. Johnson & Johnson probably would not have survived the Tylenol poisoning scandal if it did not have executives appearing in public on TV and in print explaining the company's actions to respond to the attack.

The era of completely flat Internet companies with no staff at headquarters is going to come to an end if more of these kinds of events continue to happen. And the more unwilling companies are to be vertically integrated (i.e., the more they rely on independent, contract operators) the higher the risks will become.

Re: Troll Complains About ‘Grotesquely Pregnant’ OKC Meteorologist

PodcastSteve — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 13:29:35 -0000

Why is this even a story? The obsession of local TV news with what gets said by idiots on Twitter represents B Block and C Block minutes in the daily cast that we will NEVER get back. Why can't they cover local issues that actually matter? Why even dignify these rants by responding to them?

Re: If Podcasts Are the New Blogs, Enjoy the Golden Age While It Lasts

PodcastSteve — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 00:31:07 -0000

Point taken, Bethel, but my observation is still valid. These are radio programs produced by broadcast professionals in multimillion dollar studios with professional teams of reporters, editors, researchers, producers, and voice talent. Most podcasters do not have these resources, and the level of quality in podcasting drops precipitously once you move away from the subcategory of shows produced by professional broadcasters. Most podcasters have neither the personal resources nor the clients willing to expend the budget money to produce shows at the level of intense post-production and editing required of a "This American Life" or "Serial." So most podcasts remain stuck in the monologue or interview model and rarely venture into the "heavily produced" radio show format that NPR, APM, and the public media stations have groomed us to expect. Those few podcasters who do invest the time and energy generally are doing it for the sheer love of the genre and make no money from that. The illusion of getting rich from being a podcaster is just that. An illusion.

Re: If Podcasts Are the New Blogs, Enjoy the Golden Age While It Lasts

PodcastSteve — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 09:30:13 -0000

You make the exact point that Donna Papacosta and I make in our book, "The Business of Podcasting," that Serial is really a great NPR radio show that the producers decided to distribute using podcasting technology. Most podcasters have neither the skills nor the patience, and most companies commissioning business podcasts do not have the budget for productions like that. It is very labor intensive and won't be the most likely way podcasts are produced for companies.

Re: The Washington Post will allow singular ‘they’

PodcastSteve — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 17:13:57 -0000

What happened to "tey" and "tem" which were proposed around the same time as "Ms.?"

Re: Podcasting in 2015 feels a lot like blogging circa 2004: exciting, evolving, and trouble for incumbents

PodcastSteve — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 23:21:31 -0000

There will always be a place for well-produced audio and video podcasts. The question is what is the most likely way producers will be able to monetize them. Large media companies like NPR, CNN, and even venture - capital backed Gimlet will suck the funding out of the space, and smaller podcast producers will need a plan B, and that is providing podcasting services to clients, as Donna Papcosta and I outline in our book, "The Business of Podcasting," http://bit.ly/bizpodbook.

Re: New York Times offers buyouts in restructuring of video unit

PodcastSteve — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 09:44:05 -0000

There seems to be a realization by many outlets that video is time-consuming and expensive to produce, and may be better served by using contract producers rather than paying staff salaries. To be sure, video will still happen, but it will happen more on a project basis. At the Times, that will probably mean sourcing video from a wide range of shooters and editing most of it in-house. But fielding their own crews will be sharply reduced, I suspect.