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"Doomsday planes," C-17s, helos, motorcades, Afghan commando squads... it's the stuff of Tom Clancy novels. It's also how an NBC News team spent a week traveling with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Producer Courtney Kube, soundman Johnnie Roth, and I circumnavigated the globe from May 30th-June 6th, filing dispatches from far-flung places like Hawaii, Singapore, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and France. We were the U.S. television pool team on the trip, which means we had the responsibility of covering the secretary for all five of the major networks.
In addition to shooting with my Ikegami HL-V55, I brought along a mini-DV cam to chronicle our adventure. In the first of a two-part series, we travel from D.C. to Colorado, where Gates gives the commencement speech at the Air Force Academy. Then we fly to Hawaii to meet with the Commander of Pacific Command Adm. Tim Keating. Keating next joins us en route to Singapore for an Asian Defense Conference.
You can watch part one of the video here. Tomorrow the journey continues as we visit Afghanistan.
Editor's note: Jim calls himself a "new media soul trapped in an old media body," and we tend to agree. Check out his online video production venture here and if you REALLY want to know what Jim's doing every minute, you can sign up for his Twitter feed.
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Keeping up with the news via Jim Long on Twitter has rekindled my interest in watching the news on tv again. How great it is to not only read the behind the scene tweets, but now to see the real people behind the on air personalities. It makes me feel more connected to the news...and to the people who use their talents to create what we see each evening on the NBC Nightly News.
Ann Miller, Piqua, Ohio (Sent Jun 11, 2007 9:11:31 PM)
Lynn, Jon, and Brenda thank you for stopping by to watch! Your humble video blogger is working on part two now. From Singapore, we traveled on to Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, and France. Stay tuned!
Jim Long, NBC News, Washington (Sent Jun 11, 2007 9:06:23 PM)
And I'm happy when I can get a picture to come out on my phone camera :)
Cool trip! Thanks for the links! I love this!
Lynn G., Minneapolis, MN (Sent Jun 11, 2007 4:28:31 PM)
Jamie talks about the importance of relationship, of spending time with, of living with the pool and the state people. Jim's peice captures this sense of relationship well, and helps us understand the humanity of the people who are involved both in government and in covering government. This is a wonderful glimpse. Looking forward to part two!
Jon Swanson, Fort Wayne, IN (Sent Jun 11, 2007 4:25:56 PM)
This is great! Can't wait to see part two.
Brenda Schuett Omaha NE (Sent Jun 11, 2007 3:02:36 PM)
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