Archives for January 1998

Fiji: Serenity in the South Seas

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Blue lagoons, rain forests, coral reefs, friendly locals — Fiji is pretty close to paradise

CASTAWAY ISLAND, FIJI — The foot-long flying fish came straight at us, backflipping through the jade lagoon. Surely, we thought, it would turn. But no — at the last moment the fish launched itself, hurtling past my shoulder, arcing over our small motorboat and landing on the other side in a perfect electric-green splash.

My friend Joyce and I looked at each other, wide-eyed.

It was another Fiji moment. [Read more…] about Fiji: Serenity in the South Seas

Video comes to the Web

CNN, the New York Times & APTV have begun experimenting with streaming video

This column appeared in the January-February 1998 issue of  The American Journalism Review.

Quietly, without much fanfare, online news sites have begun making good use of a revolutionary new information tool. It’s called video.

Until now, anyone seeking to capture the flavor and texture of a news event was limited to surfing the old-fashioned way: with a TV set and remote control. News sites on the Web have offered the occasional QuickTime video, but that required long download times, typically several minutes for just a 30-second clip — hardly worth the trouble. [Read more…] about Video comes to the Web

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