Sunday, December 03, 2006

The Cuban Journalist Shock Jock Mashup


Shelby Cobra
Originally uploaded by Sooner Shooter.
Woke up today and my knee was messed up with this arthritis thang (first time happened 2 years ago and a shot of cortizone after 6 months of pain fixed it, so ill need to get that done again), aagh. So it's The Ashes and Laptop for me today. Along with Cobras, Cuban, + Calacanis blog reading.

I enjoy the Billionaire Cuban's thoughts on newspapers at the moment and how to really compete and co-opt Google. It wouldn't surprise me if Cuban bought a newspaper and got Calacanis to CEO it. Now that would be funny in a good way esp the disc-jockey-journo mentoring. (how better to get TV people to feel they are superior...) The Blog Maverick thinks that journos should turn themselves into Video Podcasters. How 2007, hehe.

" Should the reporters be required to not only write a story, but also edit the audio and even video of an interview ? Absolutely. I recommend that Reporters have recorders for interviews (every one i do these days). Some interviews could easily be expanded to include video. EVERY reporter or columnist spend a morning with a disc jockey in a radio station. Watch how quickly and easily they edit together audio into a package they turnaround in seconds and put on air. Take a look at how easy it is to use basic video editing equipment."