The News Gets Social: Video Interview with an NBC Journalist and a Blogger
Written by Jolie O'Dell / June 14, 2009 5:15 PM
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At a recent Social Media Club event in Richmond, Virginia, we caught up with local NBC television reporter Rachel DePompa and local political and news blogger John Sarvay.
The pair had just wrapped up a panel discussion on social media and the news. Although each provides coverage of overlapping spaces, they both had unique insights on gathering and reporting the news, as well as using social media to reach the public.
We even tackled the tense subject of bloggers' legitimacy as reporters as well as mainstream journalists' struggle to correctly and profitably employ social media.
Special thanks to Christopher Munton for camera/audio/editing work.
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Good interview. Re "bloggers will always need The Media to get the facts that the can have an opinion about" see 1. Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo and 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churnalism re one study that found up to 80% of *newspaper* content to be unoriginal churning of preproduced content. :)
Beautiful interview.
Wow! I can't believe how far you've come in your interviewing skills. It seems effortless for you now. Well done, Jolie! Very well done.
Hi, Mark!
Thanks. =) These interviews in particular were tons of fun and super easy. It really is easier to be a better interviewer when I had a professional setup; I have to thank Chris Munton of www.mathclubinc.com for all his help and the use of equipment. All I had to do was sit in front of the camera for these!
Oh ...Nice interview skills.
Interesting to note that John Sarvay was educated with a degree in journalism, but ended up as a blogger. According to News Cycle, over 10,000 layoffs have occurred in newspapers so far this year -- and it's only June. (Source: http://bit.ly/18FSxY)
Where will all of these newspaper professionals go? Like Ms. DePompa says, "Journalism will never die."
I think blogging is about to get an infusion roughly 10,000 bright professionals trained-and-educated-in-journalism.
Jolie, I really enjoyed this interview!
It's funny how as a former professional journalist myself, I can relate to both Rachel DePompa in that I've worked so long to try NOT to have an opinion and to remain objective that sometimes I have trouble with the commentary part of blogging.
I think Sarvay is unique in that he has such valuable commentary even though he has a background as an objective journalist. It takes a while and some work to unlearn that trick!
NBC is very good. :) and great video
NBC is very good. :) and great video
Wow I can't believe how far you've come in your interviewing skills. It seems effortless for you now. Well done, Jolie! Very well done
It seems effortless for you now. Well done,nice share...thank you
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