Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Blaine's latest...

is a dramatic video and story from South Korea about a North Korean defector who gets fights with activists as he tries to launch balloons carrying leaflets criticizing Kim Jong-il. Here's the excellent video and here's the story.

This is Blaine's first experience as a breaking-news one-man-band. He woke up at 6 a.m., talked to the defector, went to the protest, and shot video of the defector arguing with the activists, kicking a man in the head, and launching one balloon. Then Blaine went back to his hotel, wrote a story, edited the video and went to bed around midnight. Eesh!

This is what modern journalism looks like: do everything.

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