The Daily Nightly began on May 31, 2005. As Brian wrote in his first post it aims to provide a narrative of the broadcast day and a window into the editorial process at NBC Nightly News. Brian weighs in every weekday and NBC News correspondents and producers post regularly.
Brian Williams became the seventh anchor and managing editor in the history of NBC Nightly News on December 2, 2004. Read his full biography.
 |
|
 |
|
 |
advertisement
About the broadcast | Biographies
RSS is an easy way to get the news you want as it is updated even if you are not on MSNBC.com. More information about MSNBC.com's RSS feeds.
Podcasting brings you audio and video from each weekday broadcast on your iPod or other portable MP3 player anytime, anywhere. More information about MSNBC.com's podcasts.
Sign-up for our daily e-mail newsletter. It offers a preview of the stories and special reports featured on each weekday broadcast.
Covering the President of the United States is a high-profile, coveted job at every news organization. But as NBC News cameraman Jim Long shows you in this vlog, it's not exactly gourmet meals aboard Air Force One.
Click here or on the image to watch Jim's vlog, shot on Jan. 25 during President Bush's trip to Kansas City.
Read more from Jim Long
What next in the Boston 'hoax' case?
EMAIL THIS
TRACKBACKS
Trackbacks are links to weblogs that reference this post. Like comments, trackbacks do not appear until approved by us. The trackback URL for this post is: http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d83451b0aa69e200d834f951be53ef
OMG -- this is so cool!!!
Thanks for the peak behind the curtain, Jim! I hope your employer appreciates your innovation and verve.
Jules, DC (Sent Feb 25, 2007 12:46:30 PM)
Chuck, you are truly a pioneer in the video blogging world and you're doing great work at Minnesota Stories. It's an honor to get a hat tip from you!
Jim Long, NBC News, Washington (Sent Feb 8, 2007 10:27:49 PM)
I loved this! Great job sharing behind-the-scenes moments Jim. I look forward to more?
Chuck Olsen (Sent Feb 8, 2007 2:24:21 AM)
@johnny goldstein - I'm looking for an email contact on your web site (which is fabulously cool by the way) to say hi! We should connect if you're in DC. I'll leave comments in one of your posts
Jim Long, NBC News, Washington (Sent Feb 6, 2007 8:51:29 AM)
Nicely done. I was interested in seeing the behind the scenes action (and inaction). The voice over works great to tie it all together. Looking forward to the next one.
jonny goldstein (Sent Feb 5, 2007 6:06:22 PM)
Jim Long...you are THE man!!!
Thanks for taking the time to show what we do every day....
(Sent Feb 4, 2007 12:07:00 PM)
what a great spot - and John Yang must be the youngest old hand in the biz!
(Sent Feb 3, 2007 7:27:53 PM)
That was great. John Yang is my favorite correspondent, without doubt. Great to see he is with NBC.
(Sent Feb 3, 2007 2:40:08 PM)
What a great video! It's wonderful to see what goes on the behind the scenes on a story. Thanks Brian Williams for your vlog. It's the technical professionals who really get the word out to the public. Camera professionals like Jim Long give us the picture that is so often the only part of a TV report that some people view. Pictures say a thousand words. Jim Long is aa great asset for NBC News.
Bonnie Thomas, Southport, NC (Sent Feb 3, 2007 10:13:20 AM)
Gena,
Thank you and everyone else for the supportive comments. This was a bit of an experiment - a proof-of-concept perhaps. So far, it seems to be well received. Fortunately, Gena, the camera i shot the spot with was a little Canon Powershot still camera that does small video files.
I understand how you might find it odd to apply such resources to an event of "limited information" So do the bean-counters. FWIW it was just such a camera-ready event that the President was attending when planes hit the Twin Towers.
Jim Long, NBC News, Washington (Sent Feb 2, 2007 10:00:28 PM)
I think it was cool of you to do this - I hope your shooting camera wasn't as heavy as your day job camera and tripod.
Still strikes me strange to go to all this effort for a staged limited information event. But like you said anything could happen and you have to be ready for it.
Welcome to the vlog side.
Gena, Los Angeles, CA (Sent Feb 2, 2007 7:13:05 PM)
That was a pretty cool vlog. I emailed my friends and told them to check it out. They all thought that it was pretty cool too. I didn’t even know that NBC got into vlogging. Good job!
Josh, Los Angeles, CA (Sent Feb 2, 2007 6:17:19 PM)
The video is smart. Funny seeing that big camera still being used. The only crappy thing is that MSN video player that MSNBC uses. Not a nice interface.
jay dedman (Sent Feb 2, 2007 2:04:20 PM)
This is great Jim. Reminded me of how physically grueling network news work really is. No wonder I love blogging so much! Make sure Mr. Jarvis sees it. (I wonder how much early rising to catch the press plane he's ever really done...)
Is there a seat on there for bloggers now?
Grayson, Atlanta, GA (Sent Feb 2, 2007 7:53:41 AM)
This piece is great! At the risk of sounding like a fortune cookie, this Jim Long fellow will find great fortune in the vlogging field should he pursue it!
(Sent Feb 1, 2007 8:27:23 PM)
New media give the small screen a new lease on life, and Jim Long provides a new texture to video verite`, undermining the hegemonic discourses of old media with the Rabelaisian carnivalesque. This intrepid, forward-thinking media disruptor deserves a HUGE raise from NBC.
Dr. Thomas Lawrence Long, Norfolk, VA (Sent Feb 1, 2007 6:09:12 PM)
Mom,Danny and I watched, laughed and thought you and your piece rocked!
Penny Ross, Great Falls, Va (Sent Feb 1, 2007 5:27:05 PM)
I love this video!!!
That s so interresting! it s like we are travelling with u!!!
You just show people the reality!
Thanks for this great Job!!!
Myriam C, Potomac, MD (Sent Feb 1, 2007 5:15:53 PM)
Jim Long did a great job on this videblog. It really brought me into the moment, and I got a sense of what goes on behind the scenes of the crew covering the news. This kind of journalism really helps break apart the barriers and makes people remember that the news is brought to you by, wait for it, people.
Chris Brogan, Amesbury, MA (Sent Feb 1, 2007 4:20:43 PM)
Thanks Jim. That was fun--at least for us!
Celine, JC-NJ (Sent Feb 1, 2007 3:42:26 PM)
SEND A COMMENT
PLEASE READ: All comments must be approved before appearing in the thread; time and space constraints prevent all comments from appearing. We will only approve comments that are directly related to this post, use appropriate language and are not attacking the comments of others.