Archives for August 2006
Full time vlogger needed at Netscape
Say what you will about Jason Calacanis and the new Netscape, but he is one of the few people looking to actually pay people for work they love and I think that is wicked cool. (Personally, I think he is one step ahead of the internet and is not just talking about it either like most of us …but actually doing it.)
Basically, Netscape is looking for a full time New York based vlogger. Traveling, writing and developing online video and audio content for Netscape (both podcasts and video podcasts) is the basic job description. Specifics are as follows:
The Netscape anchor added a bit more If you think you fit the bill, send me an email (ck at newnetscape dot com) with subject line “Netscape Anchor / Preditor“, a cover letter, resume, and a link to both an online writing sample (your blog will do) and some online sample of your video work. Remember: we’re looking for a “one person band,” jack-of-all-trades who can do all this work without the benefit of a full film crew and staff.
Sounds like a heaven sent opportunity for the right vlogger. I’d run to this job in a New York minute, but alas…I live on the wrong side of the Atlantic.
More details here: Wicked cool vlogging at Netscape
Published by Graham Walker on August 16 .
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Steve Garfield at Boston Podcamp
Published by Markus Sandy on August 15 .
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Judge Sends Vlogger Journalist To Prison for Not Handing Over Footage of Protest
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that videoblogger Josh Wolf was imprisoned today for not giving videotapes he shot of an anarchist protest to a federal grand jury.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup found Josh Wolf in contempt of court for failing to comply with a subpoena that the grand jury issued in February for tapes Wolf made of the July 2005 demonstration in the Mission District. Wolf posted some of the videos on his Web site — thisrevolution.blogspot.com/2006/07/1-year-ago.html — and sold that footage to local television stations. Federal prosecutors demanded the rest of the tapes, saying they might contain evidence of attempted arson. Link to article
Ryan Hodson shot a ten minute video of a press conference held by Wolf immediately before today’s hearing (Correction, this was shot on July 24). Hodson had this to say about the importance of this case:
For us, it’s important to support journalists or anyone with a camera being harassed by the government to turn over recordings of public events that each of us has every right to record. We don’t want the government, local or federal, to make it a habit of asking for anything we happen to record. Then we each might question: “Do I want to record this and be harassed later on?” This is especially true during controversial political events.
California has a shield law which gives journalists the right to refuse to give unpublished work to prosecutors, but there is no federal shield law. The prosecutors claim a police car was burned at the protest, and since the San Francisco Police Department receives federal funds, they argue that burning the car is a federal offence.
Wolf will be imprisoned for at least 10 days, until his appeal of the contempt order is heard. If he loses the appeal he could be jailed until this coming July.
On a personal note, I met Josh in June at Vloggercon 2006 in San Francisco. We talked about his legal travails, and he came across as sincere and principled. I feel like the federal government is reaching too far in this case. I’m going to contribute money to his legal defense fund, and if upon examining his case you support him, I urge you to do the same.
Published by Jonny Goldstein on August 1 .
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