Why, Oh Why, Did We Film Her in a Canoe?
In what would have been a beautifully choreographed segment, Ms. Kosinski was reporting live about flooding in Wayne, N.J., in a canoe that was floating down a submerged suburban thoroughfare. The NY Observer and Poynter had the story. “Eight days of rain, and some neighborhoods don’t even look like neighborhoods […]
Swatting Down Cameras In North Korea
Dan Schoor just got back from North Korea, and blogged about it. “When I pointed my camera at the large picture of Kim Il-sung that hung over the stadium, a woman in uniform swatted my camera down, resulting in a blurry shot of the chairs. I noted the stern, disapproving […]
Carpooling Cool in the Back Forty
An informational meeting to help West County people set up carpools is set for next Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 6:30 p.m. at Stillwaters Restaurant, reported the Recorder. The meeting, planned by Stillwaters owner Michael Phelps, aims to introduce selectmen, business and religious leaders and anyone else interested to MassRides, a […]
A Porcine Symbol of Common Sense
Roddy Scheer writes in emagazine about our President’s new concern for energy conservation, now that the Gulf’s refineries are down. They’ve even introduced a new theme, “the Energy Hog,” complete with smiling porcine mascot. Don’t be an Energy Hog! “The situation we are facing is a very different one than […]
Bulgarian Nurses Facing Death over AIDS deaths
Ahhh to be back in the U.S. where newspapers are printed in English! Picked up today’s NY Times in the airport and took a lot of time during my Miami layover to read. In Libya, five nurses and a doctor are being held in jail and a death sentence looms. […]
Elise, Carla, Paul and Peter
Travel is the best way to get to know somebody. That and working in the same office for a while. I got to know four great people over the past ten days as we traveled up and down Chile on a press trip. Carla Waldemar is a name I knew […]
Valparaiso, Glittering in the Sun
Flying home tonight and today, a long journey from Santiago, Chile to Miami and later to JFK. The flight wasn’t full, so I was able to have two seats to myself. Still, none of us on this trip could get any sleep despite this extra seat bonus. This trip to […]