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My Pubic-TV, call-in show,broadcast from MNN.ORG/NYC.Weekly,FRI,9PM-9:27PM/EST.CH:56-TW,RCN-83./CALLERS:212-757-2076.Also web streamed from www.mnn.org.Topics:science news,ufo sightings.Along with humor and opinion.

My Pubic-TV, call-in show,broadcast from MNN.ORG/NYC.Weekly,FRI,9PM-9:27PM/EST.CH:56-TW,RCN-83./CALLERS:212-757-2076.Also web streamed from www.mnn.org.Topics:science news,ufo sightings.Along with humor and opinion.

My Pubic-TV, call-in show,broadcast from MNN.ORG/NYC.Weekly,FRI,9PM-9:27PM/EST.CH:56-TW,RCN-83./CALLERS:212-757-2076.Also web streamed from www.mnn.org.Topics:science news,ufo sightings.Along with humor and opinion.

My Pubic-TV, call-in show,broadcast from MNN.ORG/NYC.Weekly,FRI,9PM-9:27PM/EST.CH:56-TW,RCN-83./CALLERS:212-757-2076.Also web streamed from www.mnn.org.Topics:science news,ufo sightings.Along with humor and opinion.

My Pubic-TV, call-in show,broadcast from MNN.ORG/NYC.Weekly,FRI,9PM-9:27PM/EST.CH:56-TW,RCN-83./CALLERS:212-757-2076.Also web streamed from www.mnn.org.Topics:science news,ufo sightings.Along with humor and opinion.

My Pubic-TV, call-in show,broadcast from MNN.ORG/NYC.Weekly,FRI,9PM-9:27PM/EST.CH:56-TW,RCN-83./CALLERS:212-757-2076.Also web streamed from www.mnn.org.Topics:science news,ufo sightings.Along with humor and opinion.

My Pubic-TV, call-in show,broadcast from MNN.ORG/NYC.Weekly,FRI,9PM-9:27PM/EST.CH:56-TW,RCN-83./CALLERS:212-757-2076.Also web streamed from www.mnn.org.Topics:science news,ufo sightings.Along with humor and opinion.

My Pubic-TV, call-in show,broadcast from MNN.ORG/NYC.Weekly,FRI,9PM-9:27PM/EST.CH:56-TW,RCN-83./CALLERS:212-757-2076.Also web streamed from www.mnn.org.Topics:science news,ufo sightings.Including humor and opinion.

My Pubic-TV, call-in show,broadcast from MNN.ORG/NYC.Weekly,FRI,9PM-9:27PM/EST.CH:56-TW,RCN-83./CALLERS:212-757-2076.Also web streamed from www.mnn.org.Topics:science news,ufo sightings.Including humor and opinion.

Veil of Secrecy I was editing a video in my home office when the call came in. The caller ID showed the number for the NBC News desk..that s never good on a day off. On the other end was my deputy bureau chief. In cryptic, enigmatic language, she was telling me that me our departure schedule for the President s trip to Australia had changed. What she never actually said, but i heard loud and clear, was that the President of the United States was going to Iraq. And so an otherwise languid day off before an overseas trip, quickly became an urgent day of preparation. On this trip, I was assigned as soundman to veteran NBC News cameraman Rodney Batten. With us were NBC White House correspondent John Yang and Senior White House producer John Yang, plus uplink engineers from our New York technical operations department. We actually loaded a satellite transmission pack on Air Force One, which we believe is unprecedented. Jim Long and Rodney Batten Because of operational security, none but the travel pool are given even limited details of the trip. As far as the news desk at NBC knew, Air Force One was departing on Monday. So as the NBC pool team was about to enter the base under a cloak of secrecy Sunday, an assignment editor dutifully called us with our Monday in-time . As some of my readers know, I ve had a close call in Iraq, so I m never too jazzed about going over there. But if there were ever the safest time and place in Iraq, this was it. Still I was glad to be getting it out of the way at the beginning of the trip. We met on Andrews Air Force base at an unusual location, where a security detail confiscated all of our cameras, phones, and computers. All of us were then taken to a special hangar on base that houses the two 747 s primarily designated Air Force One. Seeing those two birds looming above, facing nose-to-nose, as we drove into the hangar was an inspiring sight. Once all the travel pool press had boarded we were sealed in our cabin. We were told to keep the windows shut on the plane and to remain in the press cabin. The president was secreted out of the White House in what we later learned was a small, two car motorcade package. Wheels Up to Iraq After an hour or so of sitting in the hangar, we could feel that we were being towed. And at 20:05 we were wheels up for Iraq. Press secretary Dana Perino came to the back of the plane to gaggle about the details of our trip. That s when the destination was confirmed: Al Asad airbase in Anbar province. Reporters pressed her on whether Bush was actually on the plane or not. Turns out he was, as was Secretary of State Rice. White House spokesperson Dana Perino briefing press on AF-1 After a twelve hour flight, Air Force One gently touched down at the Al Asad air base in the Anbar province of Iraq. Mr. Bush stepped off the plane to begin a day full of meetings, some for cameras, others not. The President met with troops, his cabinet, local tribal leaders, and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (I errantly refer to him as President in the video.) It was was a seemingly endless day of photo-ops, motorcade movements, and absolutely no time to spare. Air Force One on the Flight Line at Al Asad Katie Couric of CBS News In a brief break in the action during closed meetings we were escorted to a hold where we bumped into Secretary Gates traveling press pool and former NBC colleague Katie Couric. It was a nice little reunion and she introduced us to her new boss, CBS evening news executive producer Rick Kaplan. Kaplan was acting as her second camera crew shooting with a small DV camera. The day was capped with a series of one on one interviews with the President and TV networks. We were then rushed to the motorcade, then out to the plane to begin our journey to Australia. The entire time I was there, I was desperate to get some dispatches from Iraq out on Twitter. Newsweek photographer Khue Bui kindly offered up his powerbook so i get some tweets out. It was great to get such kind thoughts and well-wishes from the Twitter community. I m still going through replies, but it buoyed my spirits to see that folks wanted to make sure I was safe. That really meant a lot to me. Like I ve said before, no matter where I am in the world, I m never traveling alone. Share This

POST TRIP HAZE that s me on the left getting a shot of Secretary boarding her plane in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Days after I ve unpacked my luggage, off-loaded the gear, and generally adjusted to this time zone, I still find myself in a bit of a post Mid-East trip haze. Just a week ago, I embarked on a trip with Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice to the Middle East. I was the US TV pool camera for the journey that included stops in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the Palestinian Territories. Not only are the trips physically grueling, but they pack so many stops in so few days that the entire experience is a blur. There are always memorable moments though. After a refuel stop in Shannon, Ireland we arrived in Sharm El Sheikh where Rice met with Gulf state leaders and Egyptian President Hosni Mubuarak. It was that meeting with Mubarak that cemented my street credz as a seasoned photojournalist. Egyptian photo ops are by far, the most insane crushes of humanity i ve ever encountered. Think Who concert. It s amazing that no camera crews aren t trampled to death entering these meetings for 30 seconds of shooting. In the first photo op, I held my own, but a bunch of Egyptian press elbowed and squeezed past me. No problem.. so those are the ground rules eh?? Gates, Rice, Mubarak in Sharm El Sheikh On the Mubarak photo-op, I decided that I would be the first camera in the room, and I enforced that decision in vigorous fashion, shall we say. We all got stuck in the doorway, but finally with a strong final push I broke through and got in. Well, seems as though the Egyptian press were not at all pleased with my determination and cried foul to our Embassy representative. Oh Mary please! Look if you re going to dish it out you d BEST be able to take it! The don t fly me all around the world NOT to get the picture. When the Egyptians complain about you.. it means you were doing your job. - Israeli cameraman Later at stops in both Israel and the Palestinian Territories, my counterparts in camera there confirmed that the Egyptian photographers were, bar none, the most ruthless. An Israeli cameraman remarked that that when the Egyptian crews complain about you: It means you were doing your job! As i did an end run around the same camerman, to get into a photo op later, he jokingly remarked: no wonder the Egyptians complained about you! How did you get in front of me!? What can I say it s a gift. Here s the TV Pool team. Front row, L-R: me, CBS correspondent Kimberly Dozier, Back row, L-R: NBC soundman Johnnie Roth, NBC State Department producer Libby Leist This picture was taken as we motorcaded to the airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. We re reminded of the instability of the region at every stop along the trip. Each motorcade vehicle, including this one we re seen riding in here, is heavily armored top to bottom. So much so that the strain on the engines caused by the weight is evident. Having had a very close call myself in Baghdad a few years ago, the potential for danger is always in the back of my mind. Bulletproof glass, armor plate, and automatic weapons sitting on the floorboards are just reminders of the risk. Imagine then, the courage of colleague, and traveling TV companion Kimberly Dozier. Dozier was gravely wounded and nearly killed in a car bomb attack last summer that took the lives of CBS cameraman Paul Douglas, soundman James Brolan, a US soldier, and an Iraqi interpreter. This was the first time I had met Kimberly, but I d met Paul in Europe and had worked with him on Presidential trips a number of times, so the attack struck close to home for me. I was hesitant at first to ask her about her recovery and her recall of the incident, but toward the end of the trip I found that she was very open about it. Aside from being a lovely person, I truly admire her courage. She dropped off the trip in Ramallah to do some stories from the region. Frankly, if I had gone through what she had, I d be enjoying my retirement. I hope to get to work with her again some day. MAINTAINING VIDEO SILENCE Let s just say i was discouraged from doing a video blog of this trip, so I m only able to give you a video appetizer here. Because of my video efforts on my trip around the world with Defense Secretary Gates, other networks complained that my video blog material should be distributed to the pool. NBC complied of course, but for the life of me, I can t imagine that my mini DV footage will do anything other than sit on a shelf. It never occured to me that what amounted to an innocuous travelogue, would stir up controversy. On this Mid East trip, Rice was joined by Secretary Gates. The traveling Pentagon press confided to me that there are now new ground rules about blogging on the Secretary s plane. Essentially there will be none of it. So for now, I ll have to contain my video blogging to non-pool assignments. Share This

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The real value proposition of social media is that it connects people on a deeply human level with hundreds, thousands, even millions of networked people across time and geography. Social networks, empowering core constituencies of passionate users around targeted, niche market content, are emerging as a powerful media marketforce. As I googled around looking for evidence to support my belief, that vertical market social networks, that combine video content with social media, will be the drivers of future web growth, I once again went back to the well of Jeremia Owyang s blog, WebStrategist. Web Strategist is a tremendously valuable repository of thought leadership on all things Web 2.0. Of particular interest to me has been Jeremiah s posts on social networks. For anyone interested in dipping their toes in the water, he has a huge list of white label social networking solutions for you budding (like me) web entrepreneurs. Earlier this year, August Capital s David Hornik was featured on Web Strategist in Jennifer Jones audio podcast Marketing Voices. In it he said a number of things that resonated with me. This is the new television. huge numbers of like minded people are getting together to engage in a conversation. i think we ll see increasingly specific social networks. -David Hornik of August Capital You ll find the entire audio podcast at the end of this post. He goes on to speak about how marketers need to associate their brand with the meaningful conversations taking place on these social networks, specifically vertically oriented networks. This brings me to two very exiting developments in my transition from old media work horse, to new media entrepreneur, that build on this rise in niche market content and social networks. Vertical Market Social Networks and Video, Telling Your Community s Story I m happy to announce that, last week, I joined the Board of Advisors for BluChipz.com. I also came on as an investor in a now closed friends and family round of funding. BluChipz CEO Craig Ridley is developing a social network for athletes that gives voice to these young rising stars. Craig understands that for a social network to be succesful, you have to give people the tools to connect on a meaningful human level. Here s Craig Ridley in his own words. While I ve demonstrated my confidence in Craig and his executive team with a significant financial investment, (suffice to say Craig HAD to buy lunch that day!) through my company Verge New Media, I ve been investing time, money, energy, and all of my mental towards CraftyNation.com CraftyNation is a place where passionate, creative, crafty people can connect, share ideas, showcase their projects, and keep up on the world of craft. People who scrapbook, knit, bead, quilt, design and make beautiful things will be inspired and empowerd by each other AND by fun, converstaional, episodic video content. We re designing CraftyNation so that the users are participants. We want members of CraftyNation community to have a stake in its development. We soft-launch a beta version this week just before our trip the the Craft Hobby Association show in Chicago this weekend! Video As the New Lingua Franca of Online Content, Finding the Best Video Storytellers A niche market social network that i frequent is b-roll.net, which has recently updated, adding teriffic video sharing capability, with rating, embedding, and bookmarking features. B-roll.net is sort of a neighborhood bar for old news cameramen like me. These are the best of the best folks, so check them out. Folks on this site will generally have shoulder, back, and knee problems from carrying professional TV cameras around for years (18 for me). Kevin Johnson started the site as a place to share his personal stories from his overseas news assignments. Dissatisfied with one way communication, Johnson quickly realized the value of creating a place where TV news photogs can share ideas, often in a vigorous fashion. Here you ll find the likes of Lenslinger Stewart Pittman, and video journalist proponent, and consultant, Michael Rosenblum. And, of course you ll find me! If video is part of your web venture, b-roll.net is where you ll find the best storytellers in the world. So if social networks are in fact, the new television , what will the new channels be? And who is out there building them? Share This

Jamal Albarghouti speaks to news cameras on his role in recording horrifying events at Virginia Tech on his video enabled cell phone.