Whenever I mention the word “ombudsman” to anyone in terms of what it means for social media, there are always some who don’t know what it is, so I should get that out of the way: From Wikipedia: An ombudsman (conventional English plural: ombudsmen) is a person who acts as a trusted intermediary between an organization and some internal or external constituency… [...]
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Punctuation On Teleprompters Is Important
Although this anchorman should have been able to space the intro and the headlines better, it’s important for the teleprompter to have proper punctuation. This is Ken Bastida of KPIX, a CBS affiliate in the San Francisco Bay Area market, but maybe after this flub he should move down to the San Diego area because [...]
Probably Time To Update The Stock Image Library
I feel like watching my local news programs is like hanging out with my grandparents. You would think these people grew up in the 1940′s and never got with the times. The easily noticed errors and blunders just slip right by them. They seem so clueless at times. I wonder how they get by in [...]
FOX News Uses Photo of Tina Fey For Sarah Palin Report
In yet another blunder for FOX News, last night they used a photo of Tina Fey from an SNL skit of former Governor Sarah Palin during a report. The report was on the Palin’s statement that she was 50/50 on running for president in 2012…let’s just say that I’d be more apt to vote in [...]
Nice Choice Of Words
This reporter for FOX News might want to reconsider his wording for this particular story. Seems almost like he snuck that one in on purpose. What do you think? It still blows me away, all the errors and blunders that are made by professional news journalists. You’d imagine that with being on live TV every [...]
The Hazards Of Field Reporting
This NBC12 field reporter thought a quick shot with a friendly camel would be easy. Sometimes the easy assignments turn into the more interesting ones. I like how the cameraman was able to keep filming and help her with one hand…and how she asked if he was still rolling. Anything for the shot, right?
Think She Still Has A Job?
This might be the end-all-be-all in news reporter slip ups. I’d be surprised to see her on the air again anytime soon. Granted it’s easy to see how she could make the mistake…but over and over again. …and to report that the CIA ordered it. I do feel bad for her. I always get embarrassed [...]
Royal Honeymoon Opinion Reporting Fail
With the Royal Wedding all wrapped up, there is/was a lot of specualtion on when and where the newlyweds are going for their Honeymoon (it’s been postponed while William returns to work for a week) but the odds favorites on most betting sites is New Zealand. One reporter thought she’d get the opinion of some [...]
NPR Reports ‘Obama Bin Laden Is Dead’
With the speed of news now a days, it’s becoming increasing common to find typos from major news outlets. Sadly it’s more common than it should be. You would imagine that a site as high profile as NPR would not make these mistakes, but I guess with lack of funding this is the type of [...]
Reporter Ruins Guinness World Record Attempt
At the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, California they were to attempt the Guinness World Record for most people inside of a bubble. Fan Yang is the man behind the feat. He needs to get 150 people inside one massive bubble. To cover the event, one news team sent an inept reporter out to [...]
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Hi I'm John Boitnott. Welcome to my blog! Here I talk about how old media is coping with the Web. I write for Soshable.com, build buzz for sites and advise writers on how to make their work more likely to be shared online. I have worked at Venturebeat, Village Voice Media and NBC. Before that I held several positions at various TV newsrooms in the state of California, from 1994 to 2009.
