To anchor the news, remember, you need talent
Here's an ironic juxtaposition.
Lost Remote has this post about a swimsuit model filling in as a TV newscast anchor as part of a reality TV series.
A few doors down is this post about newspaper vlogs not having sufficient talent to compete with TV. The quote:
A lot of what goes into a TV newscast is the appeal of the presenters because of their communication skills…. If you don't have credible presenters, [the user] can just click on the stories. (Allan Horlick, president and GM of Gannett's WUSA)
I guess there's talent, and then there is TALENT. You know, the kind of talent you need during sweeps.
Comments
Angela Grant:
"Talent" is one of the things I hate the most about TV news, and it upsets me that anyone cares about bringing that stupidity over to Internet video. I hope all the Internet video newscasts would fail so we can focus on real video storytelling.
cyndygreen:
Go Angela! Don't lay the old template of broadcast onto the new medium of Internet!