Archive for September 25th, 2008

Lenslinger

TV news photographers don’t get enough credit.    At some stations, they’re absurdly underpaid.  At other stations, they’re being phased out.  Yet they are the essence of TV newsgathering.  “Without us, you’d be watching radio.”  They like to say stuff like that.   They are often multi-talented.  Many are voracious readers.  Some are gifted painters and [...]

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Gassy McGee

Gasoline shortage / price stories often have a tediously one-note quality to them.   Over and over, the video and storylines repeat.  And it’s somewhat unavoidable. So give Ross Cavitt credit for pumping some life into his story on WSB at 6 Wednesday.  Cavitt’s coverage from a Cobb Co. gas station had some surprising elements. An [...]

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