While I sometimes miss my days in the newsroom...the adrenaline rush of breaking news and deadlines...the work I do at Avid is truly exciting. I had the pleasure of working for the first all-digital newsroom in the world and helped to define some of the earliest non-linear workflows for news. The year was 1996, and as the Chief Editor / Photojournalist

There's quite a few duplication houses in the LA area. I've used Lighting Dubbs in the past for high quality dubbs and a lower cost facility to do mini DV dubs (can't remember the name, but somewhere in the valley). hope this helps. Straker

When I read the original post, I read it more as 'one man band' type of journalists. The type that are completely self contained whether they are 50 miles from the station or 5000 miles. They interview, they write, they shoot, they edit, they submit thier stories either in person or remotely. Think NBC's Richard Engle who covers the middle

Larry, What do you think Avid could do to either better enable backpack journalists or provide tools to accomplish a better workflow here? Straker