Google Earth rocks...

I made a new video....I figured out how to get aerial footage!

I used Google Earth to fly around downtown Boston, over Dorchester, and then to the news bureau in Hanover, Mass., where I work.


tags: videoblogging
google earth
journalism
boston dorchester

citizen journalist/filmmakers in action

J.D. Lasica writes about TurnHere, a cool site that's like a video tour guide.

Videobloggers and filmmakers can submit these little videos about a particluar neighborhood or place, and they get paid for 'em...pretty cool idea.

...they have wicked short films about all kindsa places, and Boston is one of 'em... take a look...

so far they have films about Boston dive bars, JP, Allston, Somerville, Inman Square...

TAGS:
future of newspapers,boston media,emily sweeney,newspapers,journalism,media

this video is hilarious...you go girl

my friend (and fellow journalist) Jeannie Greeley fearlessly goes where no reporter has gone before....

she tries out for the New England Patriots cheerleading squad....and her hilarious audition is documented on film.

you can read her story in Bay Windows, and check out the video online here. it's hysterical....

TAGS:
New England Patriots
cheerleaders
journalism
media
newspapers
journalism
videoblog
boston media

what readers envision

No video clip in this post...just a link to an interesting Wall Street Journal article about the future of newspapers. Here's what WSJ readers want to see in the best news site evah, 10 years from now.

A lot of good ideas in there...and I don't think we'll have to wait a decade to see them in action.

TAGS:
newspapers
journalism
media
future of newspapers

lunchbox nostalgia

lunchbox nostalgia on Vimeo

On Wednesday, April 19th Lauralee and I met up with friends at Redline in Cambridge. Here's a clip of me, Mary and Geoff reminiscing about the lunchboxes of our youth.