‘and thou shalt have one person with a camera…’
In 2000, following a speech I gave at Newsworld in Barcelona, The BBC invited me to come to the UK to talk about my ‘VJ in the Newsroom’ concept. Following our meeting, they offered me a pilot project. I could train 50 of their people and have them for 6 months to see what happened.
At the end of the test period, the BBC was so delighted with the results we entered into negotiations to convert the rest of the national network and all the newsrooms. It was a project that would take 5 years. (more…)
