P.J Bednarski

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Beyond 'Stormwatch': Better Ways to Cover the Weather

Like the rest of you I just endured a week of “Stormwatch ‘08” and this time, rather than simply being bothered by how pointless the video footage was, I did the constructive thing and tried to think of some new or at least money saving ideas to cover massive snowstorms. Here are the ones I saw on Stormwatch—again—that I think should be retired:... More

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Election Night Live: Watching Fox News

Earlier in the afternoon, Fox News Channel had some moments of excitement about "Black Panthers" who seemed to be menancing a student video journalist at a Philadelphia voting location. A Fox reporter confronted one of the two men (the other one with the nightstick had left by the time Fox got there) and had a testy relationship about freedom of the press, racism and... More

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Feder Leaving Sun-Times

For anybody new to Chicago electronic media, there are only two necessary things to know from the start: The lake is always East and read Robert Feder.  Feder, for 28 years the TV/radio reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, announced in his column Tuesday he was accepting a buyout offer from the paper, which has seen large circulation declines. There’s hardly any way to... More

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Beat the Press With Sarah Palin

I would rarely suggest a press conference is better than a one-on-one interview, but the fact that Sarah Palin won’t meet the grubby press plays right into the Republican script, which these days is going quite nicely.    Palin won’t answer questions without a schedule. Now with a planned set of interviews with Katie Couric , like last... More

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Live Blogging the Emmys: "Our Rich Television History"

Well, one wise thing Fox is doing with this year’s show: it’s doing a much better job than usual celebrating what TV Land calls "our rich television heritage." From Mary Tyler Moore to Kermit to Julia Child to Tom Snyder, the on-air tributes show that the producers seem to be figuring it out: television stardom is cumulative. That’s what makes TV a unique art form.... More