On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:23:54 +0100, Deirdre Straughan  
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> The site, www.israelvideoblog.org, is an effort to highlight a side of
> Israel not often seen in the mainstream press to an English-speaking
> audience, the consulate says. "This is a great platform to bypass the
> conventional media which are mostly, if not only, concentrated on the
> conflict and do not represent the real situation in Israel," said David
> Saranga, consul for media and public affairs at the New York consulate.

Great project. Perfect fir for videoblogging (tourism and videoblogging  
are obvious matches).

> Videos can be posted in sections relating to food, inventions, music,
> science and wine. The consulate, which says it's the first time a  
> government
> has sponsored a video blog, sees it as a high-tech PR tool.

I love these "we were first" contests. Only journalists and the government  
sponsors care. And Copenhagen Business School opened their videoblogs last  
autumn - they are at the least indirectly sponsored by the government. The  
CBS videoblogs did not get 100,000 hits on the first day. :o)

- Andreas
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