My one and only parachute jump was done for a radio story. I had a cassette recorder strapped to my chest with a microphone attached to the helmet.
It happened in Sylacauga, Alabama in the late 70's. Yes that is me attached to that parachute, about to land...many hundreds of yards away from the landing zone.
I did everything wrong except survive. The bottom of one foot was black and blue. This photo was taken by my friend Gary James Bridge. The place I was supposed to land was behind him! Oops.
The jump was for a story for a series of WERC Radio (Birmingham, Alabama) feature stories called "People's Journal". We had to edit our my first words.
AL.COM is the online presence of the three co-owned former largest daily newspapers in the state. But since they have only a token presence in Montgomery, their "statewide" coverage often has a blind spot. Exhibit "A" is their story about Halloween events in Alabama. Lots of stuff going in in Huntsville and Birmingham and Mobile, but zilch in Montgomery.
Here's some of what they should have reported:
Haunted Hearse tours in Montgomery.
Zoo Boo at The Montgomery Zoo.
Art in The Dark in Montgomery.
Halloween in Hampstead in The Montgomery area.
Halloween Candy Walk in Prattville.
The Spooktacular in Montgomery.
Redemption House in Prattville.
Happy Halloween!!!!
Google is offering cash awards to the media....in Europe. The Digital News Initiative offers $150-Million Euros to digital media entities.
...and perhaps some of those Euros could be sent to the U.S.
Current TV producer Michael Rosenblum cavalierly dismisses all old media as dying in a column at Huffington Post:
Current TV is Al Gore's old network. It was bought by Al Jazeera a year ago. It is being rebranded as Al Jazeera America. I have nothing against Al Jazeera, but If it is available on my cable, I can't find it.
Rosenblum is right about newspapers' demise, but he might want to read The 2015 PEW "State of The Media" regarding broadcast.
[The Monday Morning Media Memo is a long-time regular feature of www.TimLennox.com.]
It happened in Sylacauga, Alabama in the late 70's. Yes that is me attached to that parachute, about to land...many hundreds of yards away from the landing zone.
The jump was for a story for a series of WERC Radio (Birmingham, Alabama) feature stories called "People's Journal". We had to edit our my first words.
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Here's some of what they should have reported:
Haunted Hearse tours in Montgomery.
Zoo Boo at The Montgomery Zoo.
Art in The Dark in Montgomery.
Halloween in Hampstead in The Montgomery area.
Halloween Candy Walk in Prattville.
The Spooktacular in Montgomery.
Redemption House in Prattville.
Happy Halloween!!!!
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Current TV producer Michael Rosenblum cavalierly dismisses all old media as dying in a column at Huffington Post:
There is no question that conventional journalism -- newspapers and TV News -- the kind that Mr. Tobar probably teaches in Oregon, is in serious trouble. The whole profession is in serious trouble. Newspapers are closing, journalist is repeated listed as the worst job in America. It is no wonder that Mr. Tobar promotes it as a kind of priesthood -- a kind of passion that doesn't pay much (or have much of a future).
Current TV is Al Gore's old network. It was bought by Al Jazeera a year ago. It is being rebranded as Al Jazeera America. I have nothing against Al Jazeera, but If it is available on my cable, I can't find it.
[The Monday Morning Media Memo is a long-time regular feature of www.TimLennox.com.]
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