nation with nothing more than my wits, a pack of Beemans chewing gum, and my iPhone.
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“Serving the Internet for over 75 years!”
Read the excerpt from the yet unreleased future best seller Serving the Internet for over 75 years: A Brief History of HAINSWORTH.COM by staff historian Rich Burdett.
TV’s Michael Hainsworth
August 21st, 2010 marked my 10th year at Business News Network, the financial division of Canada’s largest private broadcaster, CTV Television. The boss says I’m Canada’s most watched business reporter with 2,200,000 viewers each night.
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Most teenagersspend their weekends chasing girls. I spent mine in radio station control rooms. At age 17, I got my very first job spinning “crystal clear compact discs” and running voicetracks at CFKM 99.9 in Toronto. At 2:30AM when it was just me, a stack of carts and no safety net, it was all very exciting. After college and 11 years of covering plane crashes, ETF takedowns and burning buildings, I can safely say radio was never boring.
My great-grandfather owned the radio seen here. His sons bought it for him as a birthday gift. Well, that’s not quite true. They were quite poor so his boys scraped together the cash for the down payment. He had to pay the monthly installments. Talk about the gift that keeps on giving!
This 1934 Olson M-102 microphone was a 10th radio anniversary gift to myself, never expecting that one year later I’d move into television.
September 1st, 1988
was the day I sent my first email over what the kids today call “the Internet.”
Here are a few things I’ve written lately:
I once ran one of the most popular webcam sites on the planet.
No, seriously.
My Dad bought me this Pentax K-1000 when I turned 16. The world looks very different through the eye of a lens. I’ve never looked at the world the same way since. When my daughter turns 16, a point and shoot won’t do for her, either.
360° VR Photography
I’ve traveled the world taking panoramic photographs in such cities as Paris, London, and Rome.
HOWTO:
The Orton Effect
If your photos are feeling a little flat, or you’ve got a great shot that you’d like to make even better, try using this effect pioneered by photographer Michael Orton.
Architect & Observer
I’m fascinated by how technology is changing the way media is produced, marketed and consumed.
A few of my random observations:
Blogging for Fun & Prophet
Nobody cares what you think, but it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t blog.
- Write, rewrite: always edit your work
- Balance personal opinion with useful information
- Entertain your audience or they won’t come back
Podcast like a Pro
I’ve applied everything I’ve learned in radio production and presenting to podcasting.
- Get a real mic and learn how to use it
- Plan the show well before you record
- Make post-production a priority
Hired iGun
I build things for people using only electrons, a PHP editor and my devilishly handsome looks.
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