Saturday, January 10, 2009
Location, location, location
I'm a big supporter of doing hyperlocal news - giving insightful coverage of the events, issues and occurences that affect a specific market. But the limited scope of the stories therein often has its drawbacks when you're constantly dreaming big. Sometimes it bums me out.
As a professional communicator, there are events that fall under the umbrella of things I'm really passionate about that I would LOVE to cover and comment on. I'd love to work some of the high-profile news events and I'd do an amazing job.
This week we saw broadcasters, beat writers, analysts, bloggers, vloggers, lifestreamers and the like, credentialed and otherwise - sending their content out in a variety of formats over a multitude of devices on near-realtime (and in some cases, truly live) - covering the BCS National Championship Game, CES, and MacWorld to a global audience online and through traditional channels.
Meanwhile, yesterday I was stuck in the newstoom responding to hometown calls like this. :-(
What's an honest documentarian of human experience to do?
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I totally feel what you're saying Jason. We are both from what is what mainland Republicans like to call "small-town America." Except we can't even drive out of Guam town.
But look at it this way: There's that Guam delay effect, where things come out there later than what mainlanders and even Hawaii folks get. But it gets there in time!
One can only hope for a brighter future where Guam would be at the forefront of what is a relentless news cycle. Unless of course the Obama administration changes its mind about moving the Marines to Guam.
You ever considered moving to a bigger market? Hell Tina Chau from Saipan is out here, and she's becoming rather popular. I think you'd be a good fit here, especially with your range of skills and your open-mindedness to try new things. You could prove to be very valuable to whatever station you might choose to work for.
But look at it this way: There's that Guam delay effect, where things come out there later than what mainlanders and even Hawaii folks get. But it gets there in time!
One can only hope for a brighter future where Guam would be at the forefront of what is a relentless news cycle. Unless of course the Obama administration changes its mind about moving the Marines to Guam.
You ever considered moving to a bigger market? Hell Tina Chau from Saipan is out here, and she's becoming rather popular. I think you'd be a good fit here, especially with your range of skills and your open-mindedness to try new things. You could prove to be very valuable to whatever station you might choose to work for.
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