The filmmakers look at all sides of a battle, and a war, that many Americans, as Mr. Burns put it, “would basically prefer to be about themselves.”
Source: Shot by Shot: Building a Scene in Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s Vietnam Epic
fly fishing, conservation and politics.
By Tom Sadler
The filmmakers look at all sides of a battle, and a war, that many Americans, as Mr. Burns put it, “would basically prefer to be about themselves.”
Source: Shot by Shot: Building a Scene in Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s Vietnam Epic
By Tom Sadler
Even in a fractious era, the filmmaker still believes that his documentaries can bring every viewer in.
Source: Ken Burns’s American Canon
By Tom Sadler
Footage of the episode showed an extended confrontation between the nurse and a police officer during which she screamed, “Somebody help me!”
Source: Video Shows Utah Nurse Handcuffed After Refusing to Draw Patient’s Blood
By Tom Sadler
Our shared values define us more than our differences. Lawmakers should heed that lesson.
We must respect his authority and constitutional responsibilities. We must, where we can, cooperate with him. But we are not his subordinates. We don’t answer to him. We answer to the American people. We must be diligent in discharging our responsibility to serve as a check on his power. And we should value our identity as members of Congress more than our partisan affiliation.
Source: Opinion | John McCain: It’s time Congress returns to regular order
By Tom Sadler
I like the way she thinks.
Right on shipmate!
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By Tom Sadler
The outdoor communication industry has a rich history of helping the America people see the outdoors even if they couldn’t get outside themselves.Kids curled up with flashlights and sporting magazines under their bed covers. Adults read newspapers in leather chairs while smoking a pipe and enjoying a single malt.
Magazine articles, TV shows and outdoor columns in newspapers, transported Americans into the great outdoors.
Today, OWAA members keep that tradition alive while we, as our missions says, “set the highest ethical and communications standards.”
We bring adventure, great storytelling and entertainment into the homes of the public, but even more importantly, outdoor journalists continue to play a critical role in helping the American people see the value in the great outdoors while also calling attention to what threatens it.
The history of outdoor writers calling attention to bad land or wildlife management actions is legendary. Journalist can point out how, without public vigilance, their elected officials will sell that heritage to the highest bidder.
One of the more significant mission tenets of OWAA is “encourage public enjoyment and conservation of natural resources.”
Outdoor journalists show a simple equation; healthy habitat creates recreation opportunities. And recreation drives significant economic activity. That is a message that resonates in the halls of power and is strong medicine in fighting for the protection of our natural resources.
Our members are the voices that show the world the grandeur of America’s outdoor resources. They are the voices that share the stories — good and bad — of our waters and woods.
Land, fish and wildlife don’t have human voices, so we must be the voice to reach the American people. My job is making sure our members have the tools and opportunities to be a loud and effective voice.
OWAA is comprised of more than 800 individual outdoor communicators covering a broad spectrum of outdoor beats, from shooting to camping, fishing to kayaking and wildlife watching to backpacking. From these diverse backgrounds and disciplines, members gather beneath the OWAA banner to hone skills, share philosophies, develop profitable business strategies and network with peers, conservation policymakers and industry trendsetters.
Eighty-seven years ago the men who started OWAA thought the work they were doing as chroniclers of the great outdoors was important enough to found an organization to perpetuate the craft.
Today, access to public lands is shrinking, habitat loss is increasing and environmental issues complex. The work we do today as outdoor journalists is as important, perhaps even more so, then it was back then.