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 -- <URL:http://www.solitude.dk/> Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
