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television networks aired an unprecedented public speaking tour de force by a woman, when First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy led a televised tour of the White House and its just-completed $2 million renovations. Her audience: 56 million Americans viewing at home, making it the most-watched television program ever, at the time. But President Kennedy, convinced of the power of television, encouraged her to do it as a TV show--one that outstripped his own ratings, as it turned out. MORE
The MacTaggart is the headline performance at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, the biggest event in the UK television industry. 20 years earlier, his father Rupert Murdoch "seized his opportunity to vent his frustration and anger on the British television establishment, attacking …class-ridden attitudes, museum-style costume drama…hostility to enterprise, and the elitism of its executives." Her love of television is intense. “It MORE
It was, I suppose, only to be expected that debates about the format and rules for the televised pre-election leaders' debates would hot up as the election draws nigh - no matter how pointless and unenforceable such rules are almost certain to be. The Guardian is warning that the party leaders' election debates are in danger of 'being negotiated to death', and today's Times is reporting that Brown is calling in 'the Obama team for help with television debate'. MORE
Elizabeth Edwards's funeral was televised early today on C-Span and that will be aired again this evening. The last time I "attended" a televised funeral was for Ted Kennedy, a man. Personal Musings Politics Television What a victory for all women in America that the funeral for a female was determined to be worthy of broadcast time. Elizabeth, you brought us all to another level. MORE
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There's a certain irony that this is not the first time I've been invited to discuss PowerPoint on BBC Radio or the BBC website - but not on BBC television - because other parts of the corporation, most notably BBC TV news and current affairs programmes, have been falling into the trap of broadcasting more and more slide-dependent presentations by reporters 'on location' at the other side of the studio (see links in section 2 below). MORE
Well, the pressure is so much worse on television. Current Affairs TelevisionBloggers get a little taste of it: the ratings game. Soon enough, we understand what brings in more traffic. Then, as Shakespeare noted, the crowd is fickle. We have to pick up on what will build traffic now. Most of us are interested in how much worse to tune into a reality show which not only explains the process but also lives it. MORE
This reminded me of something I remember being surprised by when I was more actively involved in day-to-day politics: however keen politicians might be to appear on the box, they didn't actually watch television very often themselves - not least because the timing of House of Commons proceedings meant that they wouldn't be able to see prime-time shows even if they'd wanted to. MORE
My optimism about the televising of the phone-hacking debate in the House of Commons yesterday was, as I feared, short-lived ( HERE ). Whether or not we'll get to see any more of him (or any of the other speakers in the debate) on prime-time television news programmes tonight, of course, remains to be seen." I'd ended my post on it with an open question about Chris Bryant, M.P., whose speech had opened proceedings. MORE
This week the presidential campaign got reconfigured with Mitt Romney's superior performance during the first debate, which most people viewed via conventional television. His later book was "The Revolution Won't be Televised." Mitt and Ann Romney could become the darlings of television, now and in the future. Books Current Affairs Media Politics Television Web/Tech MORE
Content-provider Current Affairs Ethics legal Media Personal Musings Politics Television Values Web/TechIn the "Law & Order" franchise, producer Dick Wolf presents plot lines "ripped from the headlines." " In the process, many controversial issues are explored. On a re-run of "Law & Order SVU," a teenager turns himself into the police station. He fears he will molest his stepbrother. That, of course, brings him into the system. MORE
As our dog likes watching television (day and night), she sometimes introduces me to the wonders of daytime TV. In one of these shows - BBC's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is - the random intonation of the unseen presenter's voice struck me as being bizarre enough to be worth a quick trawl through YouTube for a specimen: My researches also led to a TV Guide , where the first comment on the show was headed ' Rubbish voice over'. MORE
Toastmaster Time is a long-running San Francisco Bay Area monthly television program, produced by members of Toastmasters International clubs in District 57. Shows are broadcast on local television community access channels and a complete archive of the past eight years are available for viewing on the Toastmaster Time website. Business Communication Public Speaking television studio MORE
If you’re a new reader of this blog and are interested in the problems associated with the growing importance of interviews as the major form of political communication in the UK, there are a number of posts, both serious and not so serious that you might like to catch up on. MORE
Regular readers will know that I’m getting increasingly worried about the way BBC Television News shows us more and more PowerPoint style presentations. How much a year is raised from television license fee payers? Tags: slide shows BBC Television News slidomania PowerPoint MORE
I don't often repeat blogs verbatim, but watching Bill Gates giving this year's Richard Dimbleby Lecture ( HERE ) reminded me of a question I asked two years ago that still baffles me and is still awaiting an answer, namely: Why does the BBC commemorate Richard Dimbleby with a televised lecture? MORE
Branding careers Current Affairs Games Media Personal Musings TelevisionEvery English major (there were once plenty of them) was trained to understand the differences among genres. The memoir had to be analyzed and evaluated according to very different criteria than biography. MORE
He is attempting to raise money for the Museum of Television in Phoenix. In this era of economic turbulence and sustained uncertainty, who isn't afraid? Therefore, the market for inspirational lessons based on the tale of the Cowardly Lion from "The Wizard of Oz" could be strong. Currently, reports the LA TIMES , archivist James Comisar has put on sale the lion costume worn in that film by Bert Lahr. MORE
The latest, as the world knows, is iconic television personality Charlie Rose. Response from the television industry has been swift. careers TelevisionYet another shocker. Men we have admired keep becoming caught in the sexual harassment vortex. Their careers seem near-destruction. At the top of the list is comic-turned U.S. Senator Al Franken. The Washington Post broke the story of eight women making allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior by Rose. MORE
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Will this accident now turned scandal derail O'Leary's television career? Branding careers Current Affairs Intuitive legal Media Personal Musings Rebranding Sports Television TravelThe fatal boat accident occurred on Lake Joseph, Ontario, Canada. Currently, members of law enforcement there have questions about the statement "Shark Tank" Kevin O'Leary initially had given about that tragedy. Two people had lost their lives. MORE
BusinessInsider reports that John Bolton indicates that Donald Trump spends lots of time sitting in the Oval Office watching television. He came of age when the new medium of television was being added onto Americana's entertainment menu. How dare anyone label television a vast wasteland. I have to assume that so much of Trump's early years had been shaped by sucking in television. Maybe Trump still seeks that kind of refuge through television. MORE
Baby Boomers remember well how we were positioned and packaged as doomed because of the new medium of television. Books Branding careers Current Affairs DigitalInfluencer Games Generational Divide Media Rebranding Television Values Web/TechPsychologist Jean M. Twenge has developed a brandname and influence on mental health issues. She has done that by researching the unique psychological challenges generations are encountering. MORE
Lillian Brown has written the best resource I know of on the topic of appearing on television. MEN * Wear knee-length socks. Always keep double breasted jackets buttoned. Single breasted jackets can be opened, but not too wide. * I SAY AGAIN Wear Makeup. TV lights can penetrate several layers of skin. You can't possibly shave close enough to prevent whiskers from showing without makeup. Don't forget makeup on receding hairlines or bald heads. MORE
TJ Walker congratulates Cenk Uygur on his show premiere on Current TV. But is there room for more programming with a liberal focus? Do democrats even watch TV? Good luck and congrats to Cenk Uygur and The Young Turks on their debut tonight on Current TV. Cenk really paid his dues during a lot of [.]. Communications Politics cenk uygur current tv liberals young turks MORE
I n case you missed the last edition of Have I Got News for You , here’s the sequence showing how much more interesting the BBC’s political editor Nick Robinson can be when he forsakes the awful slides he usually inflicts on us: You might also like to compare this with some of the following: BBC Television News: produced for or by morons? Tags: slide shows Robinson BBC Television News slidomania MORE
Morning television, at least in the form of "Today," started in 1952. So, we wonder if Kelly, who seems exactly the wrong fit for morning television, will be the beginning of the end of "Today." That could be the end of morning television, as we have known it. That blew up the tradition of going to the front door to grab the newspaper and the bottle of milk. MORE
When it come to watching news programmes that compete directly with each other, like the BBC and ITN bulletins at 10 o'clock on weekday nights, I've long thought that ITN's deloyment of two news readers works better than the BBC's preference for leaving the whole thing in the hands of a solo performer - for two main reasons: 1. MORE
This is the second in the series of three on how Jim Hacker was coached to make a televised speech Last week, I posted a couple of video clips to mark the 30th anniversary of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister ( HERE & HERE ). MORE
But what baffles me about this annual event is how and why the BBC ever decided that the most suitable memorial to a celebrated broadcaster would be something as ill-suited to television as a lecture. After all, these were not only the kinds of things he was best known for, but would have come across better on television than celebrities, many of whom have little or no experience of lecturing, standing behind a lectern and talking for rather a long time. MORE
" That's how Adam Chandler describes the power of television even when it first emerged as a medium. Chandler focuses on television in his book about fast food - "Drive-Thru Dreams" - because it was that invention which helped anoint those standardized quick-serve hamburgers and friend chicken as Americana. "Ahead of his election in 1952, Dwight Eisenhower took acting lessons, and savvy politicians were wise to speak in segment-friendly sound bites." MORE
Before social media, it was through television that the nation collectively experienced milestone events such as the days of grief after John F. Now with social media mainstream and doable on smartphones, television has become less important in the exchange of emotion, opinion, and projection about the future. Anyone with a digital platform can participate in the conversation about Campaign 2012 without any access to television. MORE
But working in the medium of television seems especially brutal. TelevisionThose standing in enough checkout lines in retail are reading plenty of gossip in publications like THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER that "Today" anchor Matt Lauer is on his way out. Now, THE MAIL ONLINE is also covering that rumor and the "DrudgeReport" is carrying that MAIL headline. Earning a living in communications isn't easy. MORE
From "Perry Mason" to "The Good Wife," courtroom drama has been the platform for popular programming in television. While M&A work is very lucrative for lawyers, it doesn't make for great drama on television. Branding careers Current Affairs Television Values This week Jimmy, the lead character in"Better Call Saul," was also in court, that is, before his client, Mike, fired him. MORE
Name a character in a television series who is capable of change - and pulls it off? Personal Musings Television Values From wholesome All-American girl Mary Richards ("Mary Tyler Moore") to sociopath Tony Soprano, characters tend to stay intact. Perhaps it's too risky to present fans with change. MORE
This video and interview were not staged. Financier Marty Fienberg visited The Pitching Well with host TJ Walker when all heck broke loose. Win $1300 worth of speaker training prizes if you can spot the five blunders this awful guest makes–A contest from Media Training Worldwide. Please submit your list of the top five blunders this guest [.]. Analysis Video Media Training MORE
The case for banning television from courts fell apart years ago The prohibition of recording (whether on audio or video) court hearings originates from the much older ban on taking still photographs in courts - which was originally introduced because indoor photography used to require the use of flash powder. Nor were they updated when television and video technology no longer needed elaborate and potentially distracting lighting systems. MORE
There could be a 2020 - 2021 network televisions season. Yes, television production will be starting up again in California on June 12th. Meanwhile, the Alliance of Motor Picture and Television Producers presented to Newsom a white paper on how to maintain health and safety protocols while in production. Content-provider Current Affairs Film Music Personal Musings Television Values MORE
"A generational divide over the very meaning of 'television' has emerged. But that experience won't necessarily be via traditional television. Generational Divide Media Online video Personal Musings Television Web/Tech For high school students, it may mean YouTube. For millennials: Netflix. For mom and dad: perhaps the networks, the Weather Channel and maybe PBS." MORE
But we now have to suffer something that’s no less tedious than the budget speech itself, namely the way television news programmes report it to us. If there’s one thing we can be sure of today, it is that scores of television news techies will have spent countless hours cooking up yet more awful slideshows to enable the likes of Messrs. Tags: slide shows television news budget MORE
But, surely, local television news could scout up more important content that this: Last week as the weather (as it happening globally in this era of climate change) was continually shifting, the anchor explicitly advised viewers about when to wear a coat and when to wear a sweater. Also, when a family member has a drinking problem, is it in the public interest for local television to educate the family on AA as just one of a growing number of options? MORE
Television Running infomercials and appearing as a guest on television shows can attract a wide range of customers to your online business. With traditional television appearances you will want to keep track of which audience members got to your website from which market. An Internet television show can be shot in your home studio and distributed to other people's blogs and websites. MORE
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There could be a 2020 - 2021 network televisions season. Yes, television production will be starting up again in California on June 12th. Meanwhile, the Alliance of Motor Picture and Television Producers presented to Newsom a white paper on how to maintain health and safety protocols while in production. Content-provider Current Affairs Film Music Personal Musings Television Values
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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
The latest, as the world knows, is iconic television personality Charlie Rose. Response from the television industry has been swift. careers TelevisionYet another shocker. Men we have admired keep becoming caught in the sexual harassment vortex. Their careers seem near-destruction. At the top of the list is comic-turned U.S. Senator Al Franken. The Washington Post broke the story of eight women making allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior by Rose.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JANUARY 12, 2020
" That's how Adam Chandler describes the power of television even when it first emerged as a medium. Chandler focuses on television in his book about fast food - "Drive-Thru Dreams" - because it was that invention which helped anoint those standardized quick-serve hamburgers and friend chicken as Americana. "Ahead of his election in 1952, Dwight Eisenhower took acting lessons, and savvy politicians were wise to speak in segment-friendly sound bites."
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JANUARY 14, 2018
Content-provider Current Affairs Ethics legal Media Personal Musings Politics Television Values Web/TechIn the "Law & Order" franchise, producer Dick Wolf presents plot lines "ripped from the headlines." " In the process, many controversial issues are explored. On a re-run of "Law & Order SVU," a teenager turns himself into the police station. He fears he will molest his stepbrother. That, of course, brings him into the system.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
SEPTEMBER 2, 2019
Will this accident now turned scandal derail O'Leary's television career? Branding careers Current Affairs Intuitive legal Media Personal Musings Rebranding Sports Television TravelThe fatal boat accident occurred on Lake Joseph, Ontario, Canada. Currently, members of law enforcement there have questions about the statement "Shark Tank" Kevin O'Leary initially had given about that tragedy. Two people had lost their lives.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
AUGUST 10, 2017
Baby Boomers remember well how we were positioned and packaged as doomed because of the new medium of television. Books Branding careers Current Affairs DigitalInfluencer Games Generational Divide Media Rebranding Television Values Web/TechPsychologist Jean M. Twenge has developed a brandname and influence on mental health issues. She has done that by researching the unique psychological challenges generations are encountering.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JANUARY 6, 2015
"A generational divide over the very meaning of 'television' has emerged. But that experience won't necessarily be via traditional television. Generational Divide Media Online video Personal Musings Television Web/Tech For high school students, it may mean YouTube. For millennials: Netflix. For mom and dad: perhaps the networks, the Weather Channel and maybe PBS."
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
Before social media, it was through television that the nation collectively experienced milestone events such as the days of grief after John F. Now with social media mainstream and doable on smartphones, television has become less important in the exchange of emotion, opinion, and projection about the future. Anyone with a digital platform can participate in the conversation about Campaign 2012 without any access to television.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
NOVEMBER 22, 2012
But working in the medium of television seems especially brutal. TelevisionThose standing in enough checkout lines in retail are reading plenty of gossip in publications like THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER that "Today" anchor Matt Lauer is on his way out. Now, THE MAIL ONLINE is also covering that rumor and the "DrudgeReport" is carrying that MAIL headline. Earning a living in communications isn't easy.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
OCTOBER 5, 2012
This week the presidential campaign got reconfigured with Mitt Romney's superior performance during the first debate, which most people viewed via conventional television. His later book was "The Revolution Won't be Televised." Mitt and Ann Romney could become the darlings of television, now and in the future. Books Current Affairs Media Politics Television Web/Tech
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MARCH 25, 2018
But, surely, local television news could scout up more important content that this: Last week as the weather (as it happening globally in this era of climate change) was continually shifting, the anchor explicitly advised viewers about when to wear a coat and when to wear a sweater. Also, when a family member has a drinking problem, is it in the public interest for local television to educate the family on AA as just one of a growing number of options?
TJ Walker Interactive
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
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Great Public Speaking
JUNE 27, 2012
Television Running infomercials and appearing as a guest on television shows can attract a wide range of customers to your online business. With traditional television appearances you will want to keep track of which audience members got to your website from which market. An Internet television show can be shot in your home studio and distributed to other people's blogs and websites.
TJ Walker Interactive
APRIL 1, 2012
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Max Atkinson
NOVEMBER 18, 2011
As our dog likes watching television (day and night), she sometimes introduces me to the wonders of daytime TV. In one of these shows - BBC's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is - the random intonation of the unseen presenter's voice struck me as being bizarre enough to be worth a quick trawl through YouTube for a specimen: My researches also led to a TV Guide , where the first comment on the show was headed ' Rubbish voice over'.
Max Atkinson
JULY 21, 2011
There's a certain irony that this is not the first time I've been invited to discuss PowerPoint on BBC Radio or the BBC website - but not on BBC television - because other parts of the corporation, most notably BBC TV news and current affairs programmes, have been falling into the trap of broadcasting more and more slide-dependent presentations by reporters 'on location' at the other side of the studio (see links in section 2 below).
Max Atkinson
JUNE 17, 2009
Regular readers will know that I’m getting increasingly worried about the way BBC Television News shows us more and more PowerPoint style presentations. How much a year is raised from television license fee payers? Tags: slide shows BBC Television News slidomania PowerPoint
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JANUARY 4, 2015
Name a character in a television series who is capable of change - and pulls it off? Personal Musings Television Values From wholesome All-American girl Mary Richards ("Mary Tyler Moore") to sociopath Tony Soprano, characters tend to stay intact. Perhaps it's too risky to present fans with change.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
APRIL 25, 2018
Branding careers Current Affairs Games Media Personal Musings TelevisionEvery English major (there were once plenty of them) was trained to understand the differences among genres. The memoir had to be analyzed and evaluated according to very different criteria than biography.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JULY 29, 2017
Morning television, at least in the form of "Today," started in 1952. So, we wonder if Kelly, who seems exactly the wrong fit for morning television, will be the beginning of the end of "Today." That could be the end of morning television, as we have known it. That blew up the tradition of going to the front door to grab the newspaper and the bottle of milk.
TJ Walker Interactive
MAY 19, 2011
This video and interview were not staged. Financier Marty Fienberg visited The Pitching Well with host TJ Walker when all heck broke loose. Win $1300 worth of speaker training prizes if you can spot the five blunders this awful guest makes–A contest from Media Training Worldwide. Please submit your list of the top five blunders this guest [.]. Analysis Video Media Training
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
DECEMBER 11, 2010
Elizabeth Edwards's funeral was televised early today on C-Span and that will be aired again this evening. The last time I "attended" a televised funeral was for Ted Kennedy, a man. Personal Musings Politics Television What a victory for all women in America that the funeral for a female was determined to be worthy of broadcast time. Elizabeth, you brought us all to another level.
Max Atkinson
FEBRUARY 8, 2010
It was, I suppose, only to be expected that debates about the format and rules for the televised pre-election leaders' debates would hot up as the election draws nigh - no matter how pointless and unenforceable such rules are almost certain to be. The Guardian is warning that the party leaders' election debates are in danger of 'being negotiated to death', and today's Times is reporting that Brown is calling in 'the Obama team for help with television debate'.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JANUARY 10, 2011
Well, the pressure is so much worse on television. Current Affairs TelevisionBloggers get a little taste of it: the ratings game. Soon enough, we understand what brings in more traffic. Then, as Shakespeare noted, the crowd is fickle. We have to pick up on what will build traffic now. Most of us are interested in how much worse to tune into a reality show which not only explains the process but also lives it.
Max Atkinson
JULY 30, 2009
If you’re a new reader of this blog and are interested in the problems associated with the growing importance of interviews as the major form of political communication in the UK, there are a number of posts, both serious and not so serious that you might like to catch up on.
Great Public Speaking
JUNE 3, 2011
Lillian Brown has written the best resource I know of on the topic of appearing on television. MEN * Wear knee-length socks. Always keep double breasted jackets buttoned. Single breasted jackets can be opened, but not too wide. * I SAY AGAIN Wear Makeup. TV lights can penetrate several layers of skin. You can't possibly shave close enough to prevent whiskers from showing without makeup. Don't forget makeup on receding hairlines or bald heads.
Max Atkinson
OCTOBER 22, 2009
This reminded me of something I remember being surprised by when I was more actively involved in day-to-day politics: however keen politicians might be to appear on the box, they didn't actually watch television very often themselves - not least because the timing of House of Commons proceedings meant that they wouldn't be able to see prime-time shows even if they'd wanted to.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
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TJ Walker Interactive
DECEMBER 5, 2011
TJ Walker congratulates Cenk Uygur on his show premiere on Current TV. But is there room for more programming with a liberal focus? Do democrats even watch TV? Good luck and congrats to Cenk Uygur and The Young Turks on their debut tonight on Current TV. Cenk really paid his dues during a lot of [.]. Communications Politics cenk uygur current tv liberals young turks
The Eloquent Woman
MARCH 2, 2012
television networks aired an unprecedented public speaking tour de force by a woman, when First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy led a televised tour of the White House and its just-completed $2 million renovations. Her audience: 56 million Americans viewing at home, making it the most-watched television program ever, at the time. But President Kennedy, convinced of the power of television, encouraged her to do it as a TV show--one that outstripped his own ratings, as it turned out.
Max Atkinson
JUNE 5, 2011
When it come to watching news programmes that compete directly with each other, like the BBC and ITN bulletins at 10 o'clock on weekday nights, I've long thought that ITN's deloyment of two news readers works better than the BBC's preference for leaving the whole thing in the hands of a solo performer - for two main reasons: 1.
Max Atkinson
APRIL 22, 2009
But we now have to suffer something that’s no less tedious than the budget speech itself, namely the way television news programmes report it to us. If there’s one thing we can be sure of today, it is that scores of television news techies will have spent countless hours cooking up yet more awful slideshows to enable the likes of Messrs. Tags: slide shows television news budget
The Eloquent Woman
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
The MacTaggart is the headline performance at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, the biggest event in the UK television industry. 20 years earlier, his father Rupert Murdoch "seized his opportunity to vent his frustration and anger on the British television establishment, attacking …class-ridden attitudes, museum-style costume drama…hostility to enterprise, and the elitism of its executives." Her love of television is intense. “It
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JULY 6, 2020
BusinessInsider reports that John Bolton indicates that Donald Trump spends lots of time sitting in the Oval Office watching television. He came of age when the new medium of television was being added onto Americana's entertainment menu. How dare anyone label television a vast wasteland. I have to assume that so much of Trump's early years had been shaped by sucking in television. Maybe Trump still seeks that kind of refuge through television.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MARCH 9, 2013
He is attempting to raise money for the Museum of Television in Phoenix. In this era of economic turbulence and sustained uncertainty, who isn't afraid? Therefore, the market for inspirational lessons based on the tale of the Cowardly Lion from "The Wizard of Oz" could be strong. Currently, reports the LA TIMES , archivist James Comisar has put on sale the lion costume worn in that film by Bert Lahr.
TJ Walker Interactive
OCTOBER 20, 2013
Uncategorized Media Training
Max Atkinson
JULY 7, 2011
My optimism about the televising of the phone-hacking debate in the House of Commons yesterday was, as I feared, short-lived ( HERE ). Whether or not we'll get to see any more of him (or any of the other speakers in the debate) on prime-time television news programmes tonight, of course, remains to be seen." I'd ended my post on it with an open question about Chris Bryant, M.P., whose speech had opened proceedings.
Max Atkinson
JUNE 16, 2009
I n case you missed the last edition of Have I Got News for You , here’s the sequence showing how much more interesting the BBC’s political editor Nick Robinson can be when he forsakes the awful slides he usually inflicts on us: You might also like to compare this with some of the following: BBC Television News: produced for or by morons? Tags: slide shows Robinson BBC Television News slidomania
Max Atkinson
FEBRUARY 15, 2011
But what baffles me about this annual event is how and why the BBC ever decided that the most suitable memorial to a celebrated broadcaster would be something as ill-suited to television as a lecture. After all, these were not only the kinds of things he was best known for, but would have come across better on television than celebrities, many of whom have little or no experience of lecturing, standing behind a lectern and talking for rather a long time.
Max Atkinson
MAY 16, 2011
The case for banning television from courts fell apart years ago The prohibition of recording (whether on audio or video) court hearings originates from the much older ban on taking still photographs in courts - which was originally introduced because indoor photography used to require the use of flash powder. Nor were they updated when television and video technology no longer needed elaborate and potentially distracting lighting systems.
Max Atkinson
JANUARY 30, 2013
I don't often repeat blogs verbatim, but watching Bill Gates giving this year's Richard Dimbleby Lecture ( HERE ) reminded me of a question I asked two years ago that still baffles me and is still awaiting an answer, namely: Why does the BBC commemorate Richard Dimbleby with a televised lecture?
Max Atkinson
MARCH 2, 2010
This is the second in the series of three on how Jim Hacker was coached to make a televised speech Last week, I posted a couple of video clips to mark the 30th anniversary of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister ( HERE & HERE ).
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