Last week, a group that provides free health care for the poor and uninsured
around the world held a week-long practice in Inglewood, Ca (about a stones
throw from LAX) for the uninsured of the LA area and beyond. The event, held at
a former basketball arena, attracted thousands of people
This is some scary stuff. What this may mean is that Viacom is going
to sue individual users who viewed Viacom content.
The NY Times has a cool story about how different freelance groups
are using the web to get out their message and the difference these
videos are making. The downside of the story is, this piece still has
the storyline of the gee-wiz this is so new and the internet is just
now a player in
Last week I wrote about a Supreme Court decision that permitted an
Indiana law to required voters present a photo ID in order vote in
state elections. I thought a story like this would make good video.
It came true. A group of nuns in the 80s and 90s, including a 98 year-
old nun were
In a 6-3 ruling today, the Supreme Court ruled that the state of
indiana can enact a bill that would require Indiana voters to provide
a photo ID in order to vote. While the Supreme Court noted that
Indiana does not have a history of voter fraud and legal voters who
are registered to vote
This week John McCain traveled to New Orleans to talk about recovery
efforts and what he would do. This tour didn't get too much national
attention, but it played big in New Orleans. While the Democratic
candidates are busy hitting each other in a debate of the future of
the party instead
Is there anyone on this list live (or going to be) in
the Washington, DC area anytime soon? It would be
great to meet up and talk videoblogging.
On the notion of meeting up, anyone planning on
attending SxSW in March?
Along with Julie Germany, I was interview on Minnesota
Public Radio this morning about political campaigns
using webvideo to promote their candidacies.
Here is the link:
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/02/02/midmorning1/
Does anyone know of any upcoming videoblogging
conferences?