Dronalism – the use of drones to provide TV news footage – will be coming soon to a station near you. Or maybe not. TV journalists, like many early adopters of drone technology, face resistance from a variety of sources.
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Assassinations of TV Journalists in Virginia – The Media Needs to Change Coverage of Shootings Now!
By publishing the rantings of this madman the media qualifies them as something worthy of review. The warped minds out there read and identify with them. What a recipe for new disaster after disaster.
Read More »Do Book Reviews Sell Books?
So the real question is this: do book reviews work?
Read More »SXSW-V2V: Ten Amazing Apps That Could Change Your Life
The V2Venture Competition at SXSW V2V enabled early-stage startups to pitch their products and/or services to industry experts and investors. Ten applications particularly impressed me.
Read More »The Business of Reality: How Reality TV Is Harming Wildlife
Reality TV is fine as entertainment. But the reality show paradigm has crept into wildlife programming, and this is where something is going horribly wrong.
Read More »Plagiarizing Your Own Content Can Be Costly
Plagiarizing your own content can be costly. Make sure you always attribute your work. It will help your readers understand that you are not just regurgitating prior content.
Read More »Ten Years After – Thinking About a Decade Spent at Blogcritics
During these ten years at BC, I have written about so many topics, all made possible by this forum where writers are welcomed, nurtured, and encouraged.
Read More »Rachel Dolezal, Caitlyn Jenner, and Ernest Hemingway – Understanding the Narrative of Self
This is the lot of celebrities and their worst nightmare – the self-narrative taken out of their own hands and spun out of control.
Read More »Your Website Must Be Mobile-Friendly – Or Expect Google to Lower Your Page Rank
Don't assume that your website is mobile-friendly even if your web developer has told you that it is.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Dark Star: H.R. Giger’s World’ – ‘Alien’ and a Ticket for a Tat
If you were at the NuArt Theater in Los Angeles on May 15 or 16, you could have gotten a ticket for a tat. If that tattoo was based on the work of H.R. Giger, that is, and you wanted to see the premiere of 'Dark Star: H.R. Giger’s World.' H.R. Giger was a relatively obscure surrealist artist until 1979 when the world saw his design work in Ridley Scott’s 'Alien'. From that moment, the world of science fiction and horror, rock music album covers, punk and goth culture, and tattoos and fetish art was changed forever.
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