tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12964620620548451512024-03-05T18:48:57.964-05:00 leslie jaye goff writer.editor.producerleslie jaye goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10563543174814140065noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296462062054845151.post-29881929481566340012013-12-10T13:21:00.000-05:002013-12-10T13:21:27.107-05:00May I copy edit your chyrons?<h2>
Days When I Love Twitter...</h2>
When I can copy edit broadcast news chyrons in real time, and get real-time results.<br />
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With respect to chyron editors everywhere, who likely are going straight to air with a first draft of on-air IDs, etc., you don't even have to be a copy editor to spot errors on a regular basis: misspellings, misuse and, worst of all, mistakes that introduce confusion, such as a typo in a state abbreviation.<br />
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It's a remote spot, the reporter framed by a quaint Main Street background, covered in ice and snow, and the chyron IDs it as Fort Smith, AK. Begging the question, why is the news leading off with a snowstorm in Alaska? <br />
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/TODAYshow">@TODAYshow</a>, fix your chyron for Fort Smith, Arkansas -- correct abbreviation is AR not AK. AK is Alaska.<br />
— leslie jaye goff (@LeslieJayeGoff) <a href="https://twitter.com/LeslieJayeGoff/statuses/408568888054800385">December 5, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/LeslieJayeGoff">@LeslieJayeGoff</a> We are in the process of updating for our other feeds.<br />
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/statuses/408569219274379265">December 5, 2013</a></blockquote>
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/TODAYshow">@TODAYshow</a>, that will make copy editors everywhere very happy. And Arkansans. And perhaps Alaskans...<br />
— leslie jaye goff (@LeslieJayeGoff) <a href="https://twitter.com/LeslieJayeGoff/statuses/408570598198374400">December 5, 2013</a></blockquote>
<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>leslie jaye goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10563543174814140065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296462062054845151.post-9672937683970984062013-08-15T10:28:00.001-04:002013-08-15T10:28:10.629-04:00Vintage Clips: Belfast Photographers -- On the Front Lines Every Day<h2>
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Photo District News</i>, 1992</span></h2>
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On a trip to Ireland in 1991, I took a train from Dublin, the world's largest village, to Belfast, center of conflict between Irish Nationalists and U.K. Loyalists. It was just before Christmas, when bombings -- and thus checkpoints and police presence -- typically peaked, and it would be seven more years before the "Good Friday" Agreement would signal an end to "The Troubles." It felt to me like it may as well have been the Soviet Union. It didn't feel "free," from the perspective of a 20-something American in the pre-9/11 world. Three newspaper photographers -- Alan Lewis, Hugh Russell and Trevor Dixon -- spoke to me about the challenges of shooting even the most mundane events, never knowing when they might erupt in violence, and of balancing their personal political feelings with getting the best, most newsworthy shot.
leslie jaye goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10563543174814140065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296462062054845151.post-33661813684786715632013-08-14T09:00:00.000-04:002013-08-14T09:00:11.621-04:00Vintage Clips: The Irish Romance of Mike Bunn<h2>
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Photo District News</i>, 1992</span></h2>
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At a time when interest in Irish cuisine, fashion and art was enjoying a renaissance, I visited with photographer Mike Bunn, who was bringing the three together in his ethereal images. He had recently published his first book,<i> <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ireland-Taste-Country-Mike-Bunn/dp/0717118800" target="_blank">Ireland: The Taste and the Country</a></b></i>, and was regularly shooting up-and-coming Irish designers and artists. Within a few years the Irish economy would become the Celtic Tiger of the European Union, but when we met, Eire was still on the cusp between the dewy twilight of Yeats' vision and the modern economic leader of the late 90s. Check out Bunn's work on his <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mike-Bunn-Photographer/185653598119127" target="_blank">Facebook page</a></b>.leslie jaye goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10563543174814140065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296462062054845151.post-61524336458226251942013-08-13T07:57:00.000-04:002013-08-13T07:58:54.032-04:00Vintage Clips: Web 101<h2>
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Computerworld</i>, 1996</span></h2>
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In the spring of 1996, I went back to high school. At Sachem High in Ronkonkoma, Long Island, I spent a day shadowing a 17-year-old who had mobilized his fellow students to build a school website and changed the way students and teachers communicated. Vinny Pasceri's Webslingers was among the first of its kind during a time when you still had to ask traditional brick-and-mortar companies, "Do you have a website?" Today Pasceri is a senior member of Microsoft's Bing development team in Seattle. Follow him on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/vinnypasceri" target="_blank">@vinnypasceri</a>.leslie jaye goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10563543174814140065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296462062054845151.post-61278308177340102552013-08-12T11:13:00.001-04:002013-08-12T11:13:33.171-04:00Vintage Clips: The Webbing of the President<h2>
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Computerworld</i>, 1996</span></h2>
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The 1996 presidential election saw the emergence of the Web as a serious campaign tool, giving voters new opportunities to be seduced by populism or put off by propaganda. leslie jaye goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10563543174814140065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296462062054845151.post-85144589280966661592013-08-08T09:29:00.000-04:002013-08-12T10:26:24.172-04:00Vintage Clips: Programming Pioneer<h2>
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Computerworld</i>, 1996</span></h2>
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On the prowl in the East Village, summer 1996, with James Altucher, who created one of the Web's first TV series, <i>III:am</i>, for HB0. Catch up with Altucher today at his blog, <a href="http://www.jamesaltucher.com/" target="_blank"><b>James Altucher Confidential</b></a>.leslie jaye goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10563543174814140065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296462062054845151.post-39260636594304296852013-05-13T11:08:00.000-04:002013-05-13T15:26:44.900-04:00<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Take a trip uptown around dusk tonight (May 13), and join the opening</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">reception for the <a href="http://bit.ly/12mOsXe" target="_blank">City College 2013 Alumni and Student Biennial Exhibition</a>. Hosted by the college's alumni association, the show features works by 18 students and alumni going back to the class of 1949 (<a href="http://www.lenspeier.com/newyork/index.php" target="_blank">Len Speier</a>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The exhibit has already begun and runs through June 30, but you can meet the artists at tonight’s event. Among the highlights: Upper West Side photographer and multimedia artist <a href="http://kellyirwinphotography.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b>Kelly Irwin</b></a> (class of 2000) will be on hand with her art car, an ongoing collaboration with artist <a href="http://linuscoraggio.com/" target="_blank"><b>Linus Coraggio</b></a></span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Seeing-Eye People for Texters: A faux city service whose time has come? Watch the <i>Time Out New York</i> video I posted at <b><a href="http://msmanhattan.net/" target="_blank">MsManhattan.net</a></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, this live tweet, posted during <i>Broadcasting & Cable</i>'s <a href="http://bcwomenofny.com/" target="_blank"><b>Women of New York</b></a> event on May 2, captured my favorite moment of last week:</span><br />
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"I am a feminist, and so is my husband," Lauren Zalaznick said on the record at an off-the-record event <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23WomenofNY">#WomenofNY</a><br />
— Laura Martínez ® (@miblogestublog) <a href="https://twitter.com/miblogestublog/status/330037772356317185">May 2, 2013</a></blockquote>
<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the EVP of NBCUniversal </span>said so forthrightly, unapologetically and without hesitation. While the moderators had lightheartedly promised to bounce anyone who live-tweeted during the event -- a move intended to foster complete candor among the high-profile female media executives on the panels -- Zalaznick gave her full permission for the crowd to trumpet her proclamation. Thank you, Ms. Zalaznick!</span>leslie jaye goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10563543174814140065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296462062054845151.post-76024858031136612432013-04-22T15:23:00.001-04:002013-04-22T15:23:53.295-04:00<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For Earth Day, I decided to further my quest for truth in recycling, this time </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">taking a cold, hard look at my own numbers: How do I measure up when it comes to my own recycling habits? I continue to learn I’m not nearly as green as I think I am.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Continue reading at <a href="http://msmanhattan.net/2013/04/more-truth-in-recycling-nyc-can-you.html" target="_blank"><b>MsManhattan.net</b></a>. </span>leslie jaye goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10563543174814140065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296462062054845151.post-62476413820018884732013-04-19T08:06:00.003-04:002013-04-22T15:36:47.790-04:00<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I've posted new content at <b><a href="http://msmanhattan.net/" target="_blank">MsManhattan.net</a></b>. Please stop by and give it a read!</span><br />
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<a href="http://msmanhattan.net/2013/04/truth-in-recycling-nyc.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Truth in Recycling NYC</span></b></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">New Yorkers put out between 366,000 and 423,000 tons of mixed-paper recyclables and between 250,000 and 331,000 tons of bottle-and-can recyclables each year. But are you recycling correctly? And what if you're not? Can you do more harm than good if you recycle something you shouldn’t?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://msmanhattan.net/2013/04/nyc-recycling-part-1-separating-and.html" target="_blank"><b>Guide to Recycling NYC, Part 1</b></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This first part of a three-part series spotlighting resources available at WasteLe$$, a comprehensive guide to recycling in the city, links you to the online facts on household recyclables, including how to separate and sort them for effective curbside recycling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by the newly launched lesliejayegoff.com. Have a look around at my work experience, watch my videos, and visit my other sites, including the <b><a href="http://www.msmanhattan.net/" target="_blank">MsManhattan blog</a></b>, relaunching today with an updated look-and feel, improved navigation and fresh content. Follow me on Twitter, connect with me on LinkedIn, email me. I'm available for writing, editing and film/video production jobs in the Greater New York Area.</span>
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