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[Tech] Is Mass Media TFing?
1 hour 1 minutes Posted Apr 9, 2020 at 6:13 am.
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Into what? Fellow broadcast nerd Freeze Badger and journalism junkie Jesse join Paradox to discuss how mass media is transforming in the midst of COVID-19.

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Topics Discussed:

  • Everyone’s home
  • Television without makeup artists
  • The feeling of journalism in transition
  • Presenting from high up vs a personal level
  • Crappy quality is okay in context
  • Skype is allowed to sound bad
  • Zoom has horrifying privacy concerns
  • Why you can’t just do satellite feeds
  • Practicality of various video link technologies
  • How are editors handling this?
  • How is the control room & crew handling this?
  • How are local broadcasters handling this?
  • Things will change, but not too much
  • The old “YouTube & digital media isn’t the same as real TV & Hollywood” argument needs to die
  • Content matters more than quality