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I’ve already noted some of our early video work, mainly using the Flip cam. One of our reporters, Gabe Bullard, has some professional experience with video, and has been training the news team to take effective videos.

None of these examples is perfect (although each is better than what I could do) but I want to [...]

YouTube is doing away with it’s 10-minute posting limit, allowing a new maximum file size of 1 GB. Silicon Alley Insider has the story, noting this test applies only to “content partners,” but this has important medium-term implications for public media, and it signals (I hope) a more nuanced view of online video than the [...]

I’ve written before that I wanted to hate Hulu - I wanted the shows in iTunes for download rather than streamed to me.
Well, Hulu works pretty well. The streaming quality is excellent (I have 20 MBps at home, but I’ve tried it on slower connections with good results); the library is eclectic and deep - [...]

We’re increasing our use of video at Louisville Public Media. We’ve conducted a few experiments along the way - in-studio interviews, etc., with more expensive cameras, but what you see below is something we shot with a Flip cam last week.

Reporter Gabe Bullard interviewed Louisville’s Mayor for a story he was doing; in addition to [...]

We’re canceling cable this week, at home, and we won’t be getting satellite. After consuming media throughout a black coaxial cable for 20 years, I think we’re just about at that point where we can consume any video we want to without it.
A few caveats: we’re not a household that spends 4 hours a day [...]

Or, easier than you think.
In last week’s PRPD Webinar about Social Media on a Budget, Bruce Warren talked briefly about video. He told participants it was easy to get started, and the cost was low.
If you’re looking for examples, here’s one from Poynter Institute’s Al Thompkins. His kit is versatile and reasonably low-cost. Check out [...]

I thought I might just write a post to indicate that I’m alive and lovin’ my new home and job in the River City. But then I thought I’d make a useful post by noting Walt Mossberg’s presentation on web video at a recent conference in DC. It’s not long, but it’s pretty good stuff [...]