The key difference between Indian and American journalism today is the role the leading brands play in setting benchmarks for compatriots and competitors. In the United States, despite a generally bleak scenario all around, the New York Times sets standards that leaves other media houses in awe and wanting to emulate. In India, on the…
Daily Archives: 2 December 2007
All you need is a phone for your video dreams
Time was when television reporting (or even entertaining visions of it) meant lugging tonnes of equipment—cameras, lights, adaptors, cables, etc. The prospect was both daunting and limiting. No longer. New cellphones enable amateurs to shoot, send or upload video of near-professional quality. In this YouTube video, a Reuters digital journalist talks of how the Nokia…
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