A great place to start
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 3:02PM This is my first blog post and I can think of no better way to set to the approriate tone for this blog than this video. I watch it anytime I need a smile and to feel a little better about my skills as a journalist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W45DRy7M1no
Honestly, you have to feel for the guy - apparently (actually OBVIOUSLY) - it was his first time on camera and the teleprompter was going WAAAY too fast for him.
It reminds me of my first day working at the St. Albans Messenger. After lying shamlessly about my experience to get the job, my first task was to write a cutline for a photo. After staring at my computer for five minutes, nervous sweat oozing from every pore, I had to ask what a cutline was. It's what the industry calls a caption. Who knew? Not me.
Fortunately, I was able to overcome that faux pas - and thousands more like it - to start a 11-year run at the paper affectionately (and at times appropriately) called 'The Mess.'
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SHAWN CORROW, when he's not coming up with new ways of wasting time while not making any money, is a freelance photojournalist from Franklin, Vermont and the owner of Cold Hollow Photography (www.coldhollowphoto.com).
