This Guy is Like Me

by A.man.I

I must apologize for my temporary blogging hiatus. I spent all last week in California at the Spring VON conference, and I also met with several independent media producers. Now that my Bay area tour is over, I'll start editing. If you're a regular reader of My Urban Report, you know that I come from a TV news background. When I started my "citizen journalism" venture, I didn't think my mainstream associates would understand the new path that I'm on. Turns out, I'm wrong.


I met another news cat at VON who is just as crazy with his camera as I am. His name is Jim Long, and he founded VergeNewMedia. Jim is actually a NBC network news photographer who's seen the new media light. We had a cool time at VON, and I have much respect for his ethic. He's a one man machine, interviewing, shooting, and editing. His wireless laptop is his satellite truck, and the Internet is his broadcast outlet.

Thoughts from Chris Rabb

By A.man.I
I had the pleasure to meet Afro-Netizen.com's founder Chris Rabb at the National Conference for Media Reform. He's a veteran blogger, and was one of 37 bloggers invited to cover the 2004 Democtratic National Convention.

Watch a portion of the interview below.

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