Of course, the web holds the future of journalism, so by latching onto the web now, instead of print, I am hitching my wagon to the future of the industry. This just makes sense. Someday, the web will pull ahead of print. In fact, it's already starting. I don't read Page Six, but I am an approved and active commentor on Gawker. Gawker is the future of New York gossip. Blogs are aggregating similar news, making it easier to find. I now hit the Silicon Alley Insider regularly, at the expense of the Wall Street Journal or New York Times deal pages. I got a real laugh when the Silicon Alley Insider announced its "offer" for the NY Times digital media assets-- because it just makes sense.

But, this is secondary to my real motivation. I love being first to market. Like most people in my work, I'm addicted to breaking a story. And, it's getting harder and harder to do in print. Great example: I had a kickass interview with the founders of Zivity back in October. They were extremely open, and I got some great material. In fact, I learned-- first-- that co-founder Cyan Banister would be posing nude for the website (the site offers Web 2.0 and social networking capabilities built around art nude photography).

I filed the story at the end of October for publication in the January issue of AVN Online. This had me pretty jazzed, because it was the issue distributed for the Adult Entertainment Expo and Internext conferences. But, here's the problem. That left two months for somebody else to pick up a story that wasn't being concealed. Cyan's plans were in place site. All you had to do was ask. I just happened to ask first. And, she answered. Who's to stop someone else from asking.

I was surprised at how long it took for the rest of the world to ask this simple, obvious question, but it nonetheless happened too soon for my story. Major technology blog TechCrunch picked up the story on December 30, 2007, beating me by only two fucking days. In fact, depending on when the print magazines shipped, I may have come out a day or two ahead. But, since AVN was changing how it published print articles to the web, my Zivity story never made it, and I lost the opportunity to pitch it to ValleyWag for coverage, which I would have done long before ValleyWag's competitor (TechCrunch) had picked up the story. So, I lost the chance to ingratiate myself into a powerful blog. Damn.

Had I just gone straight to the web, I would have one-- by far. In the adult industry, the concept of breaking news isn't as powerful as it is in the mainstream, but I straddle the two worlds. So, it's pretty important to me. Also, as a porn journalist, I would have beaten the mainstream to market. That would have been a double-victory. But, it didn't happen.

The big challenge is finding a publication that will pay for online-only articles, let alone pay as much as they do for print publications. The market hasn't caught up with my thinking yet, but when it does, I'll be ready.

Setelah melakukan touring ke berbagai ruangan, walau yang ditunjukkan hanya ruang pre school. Sangat menambah inspirasi dalam benak saya. Satu hal yang masih jarang bagi sekolah TK di Indonesia adalah pelajaran life skills seperti toilet training, cooking, menyeberang, dll. Di sana anak TK tiap hari jumat selalu diajak berkeliling blok. Mereka diajari menyeberang, lucunya guru yang menyertainya hanya sendirian. Ketika menyeberang tidak ada petugas yang bantuin jaga. Semunya menyeberang berdasarkan lampu, kalau tidak ada lampu? Mobil atau motor tidak akan pernah berani ugal-ugalan. Begitu melihat ada yang mau nyeberang, dengan sendirinya mereka memelankan kendaraanya. beda banget kan dengan di Indonesia? Ada hal yang masih sering dilakukan jika mau menyeberang jalan di Amrik, saya selalu nunggu mobil lewat, padahal disini mobil tetep akan berhenti dan meminta pejalan kaki dulu. Pendidikan yang luar biasa.

Setelah touring sedikit, kami diajak mengikuti kegiatan anak ke kebun binatang. Wah, exited banget terutama Lin Zhang temen orang China. Dia tahu di zoo ada panda, dan dia sangat ingin lihat panda di luar negeri katanya. Ketika kita nanya naik kendaraan apa, bu kepsek bilang bahwa anak-anak akan jalan kaki. :( sudah kebayang capenya. Tapi kita senang, kami pikir lokasinya tidak terlalu jauh. Huh.... ternyata jaraknya lebih dari 5km. Hebatnya anak-anak tetep semangat dan berjalan menyusuri blok demi blok. Lebih dari setengah jam perjalanan dilakukan, sampai lumayan lemes. Namun semua terobati waktu mau sampai ke zoo karena pohon yang rindang dan teduh. Suer, lebih teduh daripada ragunan atau yang di Bandung. Ko, bisa ya?

Touring diawali dengan mandi air buat anak-anak. Ini menarik, disana ada tempat dimana air disemprotkan dalam bentuk titik hujan yang kecil. Seperti mau steam motor. Lalu anak-anak berlari menuju farm area. Di sana ada bermacam-macam binatang peliharaan. Mereka pada gak percaya kalau saya pernah gembala kambing di Indonesia. Dia bilang impossible heheheh. Sesi menarik buat mereka adalah main di "pizza park". Ternyata ada corner memakai tenda, disana ada tempat bermain seperti pizza. Anak-anak berlarian dan berlompatan sambil menyusun setiap bagian. Bahan pizzanya dibuat empuk tapi lapisan luarnya pakai plastik jadi tidak robek.

Setelah berkeliling yang gak sampaii-sampai akhirnya kami pulang. Huahhhhh capai banget dan hampir nyerah. Tapi, anak-anak tetep jalan. Ini luar biasa, mereka bilang bahwa setiap hari jumat agendanya ya jalan-jalan tanpa pernah naik mobil. Jadi malu sebenarnya, karena kita terlalu sering menggunakan kendaraan dan manja dengan jarak. Padahal di Washinton orang tidak aneh kalau berjalan 2km atau lebih untuk pergi ke suatu tempat.

Siangnya jam 2.30 saya di drop ke Newseum. Bisa-bisanya orang USA, musium berita dipelesetin jadi Newseum. Di sana ada beragam koleksi yang berkaitan dengan news dari masa kemasa. Bahkan dimulai dari masa sebelum ada kertas. Koleksinya itu lhoooo ;) lengkap. Segala macam dari tahun 1800an gitu sampai sekarang, sampai nama-nama wartawan yang meninggal ketika meliput pun ada. Bahkan wartawan Indonesia yang tenggelam waktu meliput kapal yang tenggelam pun ada photonya. Amazing!!! they document everything... and we have to learn about it.

Konon katanya Newseum ini adalah musium dengan penggunaan kaca paling besar di dunia. ya iyalah masa ya iya dong :). Touring dimulai dari lantai dasar langsung ke lantai 6. Ini unik, mereka ingin semua galeri dilewati. jadi, orang kan terpaksa turun dari atas ke bawah, its a smart thing. Di lantai atas ada gallery berbagai koran dari seluruh dunia. Sayang, Indonesia tidak ada di gallery itu. Ada juga photo Indonesia di Ciliwung yang menunjukkan orang naik rakit di lautan sampah sedang mencari barang bekas. Teman dari Cina sampai teriak dan dia pikir itu di daratan. :) capcay deh..

Di lantai 3 ada toko suvenir dan tempat membuat cenderamata pake koin. Caranya masukin 2 buah quarter dollar dan 1 sen. Lalu.. diputar penggilingannya, setelah itu... jadi deh hiasan kecil gitu... lucu deh. Selanjutnya di lantai 2 ada kamera dan background. Penasarannya adalah banyak orang antri, tapi waktu saya sampai sudah sedikit karena sudah mau tutup. ternyata disana adalah tempat kita berpose seperti layaknya seorang wartawan TV yang sedang menyajikan siaran langsung. Bayarnya 5 dollar dan hasil filmnya kita bisa di dowload di internet. Jadi kita bisa punya copy nya. Lucu banget... Gawatnya, saya terlambat 15 menit dari jadwal penjemputan bus. hahaha peserta dari Bangladesh dan India udah marah-marah. Huh,... ibu-ibu selalu cerewet, padahal mereka juga kalau datang dari kamar pagi-pagi mesti telat. Sopirnya yang orang Eritrea kesel sepertinya karena memang di daerah itu tidak boleh parkir lama. Tapi setelah minta maaf dia mau mengerti. DI sana juga ada permainan interaktif, saya iseng nyoba membuat kartun tentang pers dan dikirim lewat email. Semuanya touch screen, saya pikir boongan. Eh setelah sampai ternyata beneran keterima. Keren deh...

Nonton Jazz

Selanjutnya saya dibawa ke taman memorial Sculpture kalau gak salah, di sana kami akan mendengarkan musik jazz sampai jam 8 dari jam 5 euy. Asalnya rada apatis ngapain ke sana, maklum biasanya dengerin dangdut atau the Changcuters... hehehe. Di sana, kami milihat orang berkerumun memenuhi taman. Luar biasa, ribuan orang dari berbagai komunitas ada di sana. Musik Jazz mengalun dengan hentakan khas, dihiasi oleh air mancur dan obrolan para penonton dengan kelompoknya masing-masing. Semuanya menikmati. Sayang, saya harus menelpon ke Indonsia, karena sudah jam 7 sore atau di Indonesia jam 6 pagi. 

Ada hal penting banget di Indonesia, yaitu hari ulang tahun Rani yang ke 8. Sudah besar... tidak terasa, sekarang tugas utama adalah pembinaan spiritual. Setelah mental berjalan, sejauh ini cukup efektif. Maka spiritual adalah pertaruhan utama. Semoga alloh membibing usaha ini, karena ini adalah amanah dunia dan akhirat. amin

I e-mailed my editor that I find it strange a state-wide political rally doesn't want the attention of the media. She said they're saying it's actually an "organizational strategy meeting."

Regardless of the reason, I'm not happy. This was my chance to cover my goal beat - politics - and truly put my favorite element of good journalism to the test - objectivity.

People will always have opinions - that's what makes them human. Contrary to what you may believe, journalists are human too. However, it's their responsibility to both report and write objectively, especially when it comes to politics.

Lord knows I have strong opinions on several issues, but my articles are not the forum to voice them. My job requires me to get and share accurate information.

This would have been a great opportunity to finally test my political objectivity. At least I still have the local elections coming up next month.

Enjoy your weekends. And please remember Randy Pausch: "CMU prof whose 'last lecture' moved millions dies."

Reparto principal:
Toshirô Mifune ... Det. Murakami
Takashi Shimura ... Det. Sato
Isao Kimura ... Shinjiro Yusa
Keiko Awaji ... Harumi Namaki
Reisaburo Yamamoto ... Hondo
Teruko Kishi ... Ogin
Gen Shimizu ... Inspector de Policía Nakajima

Fotografía:
Asakazu Nakai

Música original:
Fumio Hayasaka

Montaje:
Toshio Goto
Yoshi Sugihara

Palabras clave:

1940s, Arrest, Atmospheric, Backstage, Ballistics, Baseball, Bellhop, Black Market, Bleak, Bus, Cafe, Chase, Crime Scene, criminal, Dress, Fight, Firing Range, Flashback Sequence, Fountain, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, Geisha, Guilt, Gun, Heat Wave, Hospital, Hotel, Interrogation, Investigation, Loss Of Wife, Moody, Mother Daughter Relationship, Murder, Obsession, Obsessive Quests, partner, Pickpocket, Police, Police Chase, Police Detective, Police Detective Film, Police Surveillance, police-officer, Questionable for Children, Railway Station, Reporter, Resignation, responsibility, robbery, rookie, Rookie Cops, Rookie Detective, Shooting, Show Girl, Streetcar, Telephone Box, Tense, Theater, thief, Thriller, Thunderstorm, Tokyo Japan, Train, Undercover, Urban Drama, Voice Over, Wipe, WWII Veteran

nie ważne kim jesteś, jakie doświadczenie zawodowe za tobą stoi, jeśli zaczynasz robotę w brukowcu musisz oswoić się z myślą, że wszystko, czego nauczyłeś dotychczas możesz wyrzucić do kosza. tabloid to zupełnie inna medialna bajka. tu nie opisujesz rzeczywistości, tu ją kreujesz. zapamiętaj sobie, że właściwe sformatowanie tematu to podstawa! sformatować oznacza tyle, co wymyślić formułę, w jakiej dane zdarzenie będzie ukazane. dla przykładu - pewien człowiek kilka razy już próbował popełnić samobójstwo z powodu utraty pracy, nieszczęśliwej miłości i w ogóle kiepskiego żywota. dobrym zrządzeniem losu zawsze udawało się go uratować (otrucie, rzut pod pociąg, powieszenie, podcięcie żył). czy to dobry temat dla bulwarówki? doskonały! ale to nie może być zwykła opowieść o desperacie. tę historię można pokazać tak: oto największy pechowiec w kraju! ten człowiek ma na koncie cztery nieudane próby samobójcze! dziennikarz dociera do znajomych delikwenta, szpitala, lekarzy, a w rezultacie do niego samego. z bohaterem tekstu trudno jest się porozumieć, bo wciąż liże rany, ale udaje się mu zrobić zdjęcie dzięki współpracy byłej narzeczonej, która się użaliła nad losem nieszczęśnika. tyle, że reporter obiecał jej opisać historię desperata jako próbę dodania mu otuchy (np. iksiński nie jesteś sam!). że oszukał, nadużył zaufania? co z tego? najważniejsze, że jest fota i prześmiewcza historia o pechowym samobójcy. albo jak tu opisać problem zbyt małej ilości przenośnych kibelków w mieście w okresie wakacyjnym? można zrobić zdjęcie turysty sikającego w bramie, ale można też... kupić nocnik dziecięcy i pójść z nim do magistratu, do urzędnika odpowiedzialnego za sprawy komunalne. na miejscu podejmujemy próbę wręczenia nocnika urzędasowi ku przestrodze i robimy zdjęcie. i po sprawie, nawet jeśli urzędnik broni się jak może i nie godzi na publikację fotki. to jest właśnie formatowanie tekstu, a oba przytoczone przykłady są autentyczne. wymyśliłby to jakiś dziennikarz prasy "tradycyjnej"?

ale najważniejsze w pracy brukowego reportera jest to, że on po prostu musi!!! mieć dany temat. i musi!!! mieć do niego zdjęcia. pozyskanie materiału fotograficznego to problem nie fotoreportera jakby się mogło wydawać, a właśnie reportera piśmiennego. fotoreporter tylko naciska klatkę... słyszałem o koledze z pewnej małej miejscowości (znam faceta i jego możliwości, więc podejrzewam, że zdarzenie może być prawdziwe), który musiał!!! zdobyć zdjęcie jednego z naszych żołnierzy poległych w Iraku. udał się więc do domu rodzinnego poległego wojaka, a że nikogo nie zastał, dostał się do wnętrza i do albumu rodzinnego metodą "niekonwencjonalną". metody nie są ważne, ważne jest by zdobyć!!! zdjęcie. zresztą w brukowcu zdjęcia zawsze są najważniejsze. tekst się jakoś napisze.

to, co zabójcze dla brukoreporterów, to poczucie nieustającego nadzoru. w jednym z brukowców redaktor nadzorujący wysyła mailem do wszystkich krótkie oceny poszczególnych działów i wydań gazety oraz podsumowanie czołówek stron. a co miesiąc punktowy ranking dziennikarzy, kto ile tekstów umieścił w głównym grzbiecie gazety. telefony do prowadzących poszczególne działy zaczynają się przed ósmą rano, a kończą czasem grubo po 22. no i to tempo, potworne tempo. czas na zrobienie materiału (tekst plus zdjęcia) kończy się nie raz w okolicach południa. chyba nic przyjemnego taka gonitwa, prawda?

skąd się zatem biorą chętni do pracy w brukowcach? adepci tej trudnej sztuki najzwyczajniej na świecie nie mają pojęcia, że można uprawiać inne rodzaje dziennikarstwa, że świat nie zawsze miał postać tabloidu. oni nie czują zażenowania płacąc pijaczkowi by zapozował do zdjęcia, na którym ma udawać, że wypija wodę z jeziora, które to jezioro (jak zakłada zaplanowany tekst) wypełniło się wódką. oni wierzą, że sfreelowana (przeinaczona, zmyślona) rzeczywistość jest co najwyzej zabawna, nigdy zaś szkodliwa. nektórzy z nich z czasem przekonują się, jak bardzo się mylili. niektórzy.

Moritz, Johanna, Tim, Pourl-Eric, Jan, Moritz, Jonas, Justin (v.r.)

(und die Betreuer Claudia und Melanie).

Grosse Begeisterung gab es übrigens über die vom Arbeitsamt angeordnete Überstunde für die Redaktion. "Juhu" jubelten die Reporter. "Dann gibt es ja mehr Geld und ich darf länger arbeiten"! :-)

Und die Arbeit war super gut! So aktuell wie unsere Stormini Online Redaktion war nämlich keiner!

Wir haben über die Wahl und den neuen Bürgermeister Hendrik berichtet.  Dazu gabs gleich  mehrere spannenden Interviews mit dem Gewinner aber auch den Verlierern über ihre Pläne. Und es wurden gleich mehrere Berichte für den nächsten Tag vorbereitet. "Hoffentlich bin ich morgen wieder dabei" hieß es da.

Und wer es immer noch nicht weiß: Hier gibts alles aus Stormini Online:

-> Fotos aus Stormini

-> Stormini TV

-> Stormini im Hamburger Abendblatt

Going to the Warped Tour is like going to a special operationg in the armed forces. It would had been nice if I were to go to the 10th anniversary edition of the Vans Warped Tour back in 2004 (I was planning to go to the Vancouver stop at that time), but had I went there without explaining my uncle A.J., he would be EXTREMELY mad at me. I would have gone into a "covert operation" on going to the Warped Tour at that time.

Anyways, back to my scenario. This year's Warped Tour was held at "The Flats at Arrow Hall" in Mississauga, which is situated at the International Centre. Now, this has finally put into my "books" of my planned report, that I will plan to present to Kevin Lyman, the founder of the Vans Warped Tour in the near future. Take my advice from my fellow colleague, Ed Drass. He doesn't drive, but he believes that better public transit access should be made all across the GTA. Ed Drass can be appeared on most major newspapers all across Canada, but most importantly, his article "In Transit" can be seen in the Toronto edtion of the free daily newspaper, Metro. Although he does not know what the Warped Tour is, he is quite impressed on what I had made on my blog.

I was thinking of doing a special request on hiring someone to create a special cover page on the Warped Tour and Public Transit. I'm still thinking about it....

My birthday is coming up, it's just around the corner......lol

Moritz, Johanna, Tim, Pourl-Eric, Jan, Moritz, Jonas, Justin und die Betreuer Melanie und Claudia (macht das Foto).

Hier arbeitet die Online Redaktion im Redaktions Zelt.

Redakteur: Pourl-Eric

Although I may not always need every interview recorded, it makes me feel secure in my accuracy. I had to rush to Wal-Mart to purchase their cheapest house phone that had speakerphone. However, I found cheap means that the speakerphone cuts in and out, so I have to return in and buy a cheaper one elsewhere first thing in the morning.

I also spoke with the Scripps librarian who helped me get set up with their online article archive system. It will allow me to do the background research necessary to a freelance reporter not covering the same beat every day.

One story my editor offered was to cover a local Obama rally on Saturday. I immediately accepted and told her "a political rally sounds right up my alley."

The victim, a 66-year-old man, is undergoing surgery and was only semi-conscious, the source said.

In an exclusive interview with ABC 7 News, Novak said felt "terrible" about striking a pedestrian Wednesday morning while on his way to work in downtown D.C.

Metropolitan police cited Novak with failure to yield to a pedestrian about 10:07 a.m. at 18th and K streets NW, Novak confirmed to ABC 7 News.

Novak spoke to ABC 7 News as he emerged from a police car at the scene. Novak said he did not know he had struck anyone. Novak said he didn't know anything was wrong until a bicyclist rode ahead of him and blocked traffic. The bicyclist informed Novak he had hit a pedestrian.

In an interview, the bicyclist told ABC 7's Suzanne Kennedy the pedestrian was splayed across Novak's windshield, and there was no way that Novak could not have known he struck someone. The cyclist, David Bono, also said that the pedestrian was in a crosswalk and had the right of way.

Novak admitted he was emotionally shaken by the incident.

Metropolitan Police Department (web|news) officers detained Novak at the scene for about an hour. He was not arrested

D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Alan Etter said the pedestrian complained of pain in his arm and was taken to George Washington University Hospital with what were described as minor injuries at the time.

Stay with ABC 7 News for the latest information.

Story provided by ABC 7 in Washington, DC

iNPLACENEW

Schnell und präzise haben wir sogar 7 Artikel veröffentlicht und noch Umfragen durchgeführt. Auch die Fotos von Euch sind klasse geworden. Einige "alte Hasen" vom Dienstag waren ja auch dabei. Ich hoffe, ihr hattet wieder viel Spaß! Auch wenn einige Artikel - wie im richtigen Leben auch - zweimal geschrieben werden mussten ;-)

Eure Betreuer Anne, Barbara und Claudia

Anne, Claudia, Jan-Ole

Lucas, Barbara

-Jason

Unfortunately, the search for the cell phone is over, and it will cost $400 to replace it. That's about a month's pay for my articles published in The Fort Pierce Tribune. The problem is that no PDA phone is cheaper, and it's what I need for my pseudo job and future employment.

As I deal with these life issues, my editor said she got bogged down today and will send me the stories she has for me tomorrow. She also asked me a few weeks ago if I wanted to cover a live story that's next week to be turned in at night by laptop. More on that when the time comes.

I do have to mention that I love the fact that my friends are getting married, especially my fellow sorority alumni. I believe we're using our weddings, showers, bachelorette parties, etc. as an excuse to get together again. I lived with most of the girls from last weekend for a couple years in the sorority house, so it was a lot of fun to stay with them - except this time in the sixth-floor suite of a resort overlooking the beach in Fort Lauderdale.

I didn't realize how much I missed them, and it was so much fun talking, going out, playing games and celebrating with my sisters. The best part was that I didn't have to say goodbye - I'll see them all in a month for the wedding.

Von Links: Otis, Lucas, Luca, Jonah, Maxime, Dorian, Yannic und Alexander! Betreuer: Barbara und Claudia

Die Online Redaktion hat ganze Arbeit geleistet. Am Nachmittag hatten alle acht Redakteure einen eigenen Artikel über das Leben in Stormini geschrieben, Fotos ausgewählt, bearbeitet und online gestellt. Die Fotos findet Ihr in unserem Fotopool!

Viel Spaß beim Lesen der Artikel!

Sementara majikan di kantor lagi kumat, sejak pagi dia mencak-mencak tanpa alasan seperti orang gila, kalau saya tak salah menghapal kebiasaannya...dia pasti sedang punya masalah di rumah dan terbawa-bawa kesini. Kadang-kadang terasa ironis, sang majikan selalu menuntut kami bertindak profesional di kantor, padahal..lihatlah dia sekarang, profesional dari Hongkong?

Whatever..kalianpun pasti tidak keberatan, lihat wajahnya, Nova Rini, lucu nan menggemaskan. Sebagian kita barangkali tahu kalau dia reporter Liputan 6 Pagi SCTV. Tiap pagi saya bela-belain bangun cepat bukan karena saya kuatir telat ke kantor, tapi demi mahluk manis ini. Dengan satu dan alasan lain, saya merasa kalau Nova Rini punya daya tarik luar biasa, apa itu? Entahlah, wong ketemu saja tidak pernah, jika ada dari kalian yang sudah pernah bertemu langsung, tolong katakan pada saya bagaimana rasanya, tapi sepertinya saya sudah cukup puas mengaguminya dari jauh, hehehe.....

Nova Rini, gue suka gaya lo!

After he had gone a strange Monster called 'Spider Monkey' started walking towards me, he must have thought that I was his dinner because be tried to chew me, but his teeth must have been blunt because he didn't leave any marks and I survived.

He gave up and walked away to find another victim who was a bit more tasty!!  Then this colossal robot appeared, maybe the biggest I have seen anywhere, he filled the whole of the middle arena.

He took off high above the meeting area and hovered there.  I suppose I couldn't resist any more and the reporter side of me took over as I decided to follow him to ask him who he was, so I flew up after him.  I hovered in front of him and asked him what he was doing and other friendly type of chat, but no, he didn't want to talk.  I noticed another poor av near us who had a green 'newbie' label attached to him that he could not shake off, he looked thoroughly miserable as he flew off into the distance with the label in hot pursuit.

I decided to leave the circus and head off home for a bit of real peace and quiet, only in SL could you meet Monsters and Robots and all the wonderful creatures that lurk in peoples minds.

The Department of Defense was taking footage of Obama with the troops.  I mean come on.  Obama is meeting with the troops, shaking hands and eating with the troops.  Does it even make sense that the Department of Defense would allow a ton of reporters in there crowding out the soldiers, not letting Obama talk with the soldiers but rather have reporters asking questions.  Andrea was mad because she didn't get a press conference in Iraq.  Again.. Commme Onnn.  Obama met with a number Iraqi officials for hours, talking to soldiers for hours, met with Gen. Patreaus, Obama also gave an interview with CBS why would he waste precious time talking to the press for hours when hes supposed to be assessing the ground situation and political situation in Iraq.

Another thing, she calls the interviews by the military "fake", if anyone expects that its the Military job to hold tough interviews, then they are confused.  The Department of Defense did the same thing when McCain was in that situation.  Plus Obama gave and interview with CBS, which asked tough questions.  Does Andrea really expect Obama to stand out in the possibly dangerous streets of Iraq giving press availabilities.  Im sure the Audio Visual guys wouldn't even want to attempt to set up press avails.  Also the footage that Andrea is talking about came in the first days of Obama trip overseas, how much information about Obamas experience in Iraq does she expect to get.

This morning Obama gave a 45 minute media availablilty and lets hope Andrea Mitchell stepped off her bitter box and onto sensibility land.

Gerade eben komme ich vom Einkaufen zurück, biege in meine Strasse ein, da höre ich ihn. Laut, Gelb, und direkt über mir. Ein Hubschrauber des ADAC. Der Fliegt noch ein Stückchen weiter Richtung Hauptstrasse, wo sich wohl gerade eben, nachdem ich da vorbei gegangen bin, ein Unfall abgespielt hat. Der Hubschrauber kreist noch so ca. 5 min über der Strasse, um dann zu landen. Interessant, was sich dann in meiner Strasse abspielt - wohlgemerkt, so ein Hubschrauber ist Laut. Türen öffnen sich und Menschen aller Arten bewegen sich Zielstrebig genau in Richtung des landenden Hubschraubers. Wahrscheinlich, um ein bisschen zu schauen, was es da so Sensationelles gibt und vielleicht noch die Rettungsarbeiten ein klein wenig zu behindern. Vielleicht auch nur, um eventuell auf ein Foto eines mit Sicherheit anwesenden Reporters zu kommen.

Ganz Grosses Kino!

Was da jetzt passiert ist weis ich nicht, ich bin nicht noch mal zurück gegangen. Aber falls sich gerade ein SUV, Mercedes, BMW, oder was-auch-immer-Fahrer - also einer von denen, die konstant nie Rücksicht nehmen - totgefahren hat. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! :-D

(Bild: DryIcons und der Versuch, "mal eben" einen Hubschraubär zu malen.)

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 Found this link on The Big Lead --

http://executivesuite.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/pr-pitch-of-the-month-or-maybe-the-decade/

Worst pitch of the month? Sure, I can buy that. Worst of the decade. Give me a break.

Now, this pitch is god-awful in length, but really examine the content -- is it really that bad? As a younger flack, I'm sure I sent something similar to a national, ego-driven, columnist of self-imposed importance, with little response, if any.

But this one has relevancy, it's interesting, if not controversial, and -- what do you know -- it actually got some coverage in the NY Times!

I find it hard to believe in the past 10 years this columnist has not had a worse pitch. Frankly, I think his column just reeks of laziness.

But back to PR impact, the comments can provide a valuable lesson. Let's explore, shall we? 

1. The "I would never do that ..." camp. Whatever. While these posters cry PR sanctity from behind their hidden on-line identities, they would love the personal attention this flack has earned for herself.

2. The "she acts like she's your friend - how dare she" camp. Of course she does! It's called personalizing the pitch, people. You have to liven it up, take some chances, break the mold to try to get above the fray with your message. Plus by simply saying, "hope you are well," it doesn't seem to be violating and privacy laws here.

3. The "she did get exposure" camp.  I hear you. If this had happened to me, I would kinda dig the personal exposure ... but at the same time I would hope like hell my client didn't see it. Once a pitch is out the door, it's available for media consumption like anything else.

I think ultimately the story here is about reputation. This little exposure had a dramatic impact on the PR professional's reputation, her agency, and the client she is representing. The three-headed reputation monster always needs to be considered before you hit the send button on the pitch.

That being said, I would love to be a fly on the wall when her supervisor and/or client did get wind of this exposure ...

By Tammy R. Lawson

I was quite amused by some of the stories that made news last week-two in particular.

First, District Attorney Mary Lacy of Boulder, Colorado, sent a two-page letter to John Ramsey about his murdered daughter, JonBenet, stating, "...we do not consider your immediate family including you, your wife, Patsy, and your son, Burke, to be under any suspicion in the commission of this crime."

Was that not a noble gesture? It's been 12 years since JonBenet died, and Patsy expired two years ago due to ovarian cancer at the age of 49.

While attending junior high school and growing up in the same town as she, I viewed a photo in the newspaper of Miss Paugh being crowned supreme at the state's pageant competition; her daughter's face later clichéd that of the hometown girl an entire state was proud of, even if she did wear too much eyeliner.

That family could have been cleared years ago; DNA evidence was found on the girl that didn't match any family member. In a court of law, that would have been reasonable doubt any defense lawyer could have toyed with just for fun.

But since a court of law was never assembled, a court of public opinion (fueled by unscrupulous journalists reporting innuendo close to the case as factual truth) did so while the district attorney's office and police stood idly by. Public officials knew they mishandled the case from hour one and needed a scapegoat.

At least the office finally apologized, and some would quip they are the sorriest.

How treacherous it was to watch the family's demise, but at least the living can take solace in knowing Patsy Paugh Ramsey died with her character fully intact. There are those living in Boulder who can't even claim that.

Now, here's a piece of friendly advice:

If you are using a microphone in a public forum and do not have complete control of the on/off switch, beware, for you never know who is listening.

Having written that, Jesse Jackson should have known better. Not realizing his mic was on, the modern-day quote maker himself whispered vulgar things during a Fox News program about wanting to cut off parts of Barack Obama's manmade anatomy, and according to the media outlet, we have yet to hear the worst.

Maybe the reverend should rephrase his infamous quote accordingly: "Keep hope alive, and bring me a knife!"

In the same breath, he accused the fellow Chicagoan of "talking down to black folks" by giving moral lectures to African Americans. Oh, the irony.

Jackson could easily be paralleled for his remarks and this was a prime instance of practicing what he doth not preach. After all, Jackson ran for president twice during the Democratic presidential primary in 1984 and again in 1988, so instead of demeaning his fellow man, realizing that he may have helped pave the way for the first black American to possibly be the next leader of the United States might fair him better.

Jackson once said, "If my mind can conceive it and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it." If so, the next time he hypocritically dines with the presidential candidate, secret service will be removing all sharp objects from the table as Obama sports a cup holding something other than coffee.

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