Just after I was talking to my business partner Adam Glenn about how journalists need to learn more about the culture and skills of collaboration (remember, the news biz is steeped in competitiveness — often to the point of paranoia), my musician friend Mark Brummer sends me this video:
See how much fun collaboration can be? Play with it!
Ah, fun! In the current climate, most journalists have forgotten completely about that part of the job. … But I’m still seeing both fun and collaboration in a lot of online newsrooms, where the more complex set of skills needed makes playing nice with others more important than ever, and in the process we actually have a good time with each other. Thanks for the video reminder!
They pulled it off without a hitch. Very smooth.
So is THIS the opposite of collaboration?
Amy Gahran reply on July 2nd, 2008 3:28 pm:
Oh man, that trumpet thing is too good……