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From the Field is a regular weekly fixture on HalEisner.com. Over the years, we've accumulated hundreds of articles written by media personalities, reporters, journalists, anchors, videographers, writers, authors and more!

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Remembering 9-11 20+ broadcasters share reflections......A compilation of thoughts from 21 broadcasters Happy Holiday Season 2003 From everyone at Haleisner.com Happy Holiday Season 2002 From everyone at Haleisner.com Holiday Wishes A special cyber card with Holiday thoughts From the Field. Thanksgiving Wishes A special cyber card with Thanksgiving thoughts From The Field. America Attacked A special series of thoughts and photos From the Field Week Six Week Five Week Four Week Three Weeks One & Two Local broadcasters mourn death of cameraman Larry Greene killed in accident, broadcasters share their thoughts
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Scoring Your First TV Job By Jay Alpert The AP: We're all in this together By Rachel Ambrose APTRA AWARD ENTRIES JUDGED! WINNERS TO BE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK! By Rachel Ambrose APTRA Awards Deadline Looms By Rachel Ambrose WFOR TV's Brian Andrews' Hurricane Katrina Blog! Brian Andrews LARadio.Com Celebrates 7th Year! Don Barrett LET THE CHA-CHA BEGIN! Radio in Toledo, Ohio By Steve Baxley THE SAN DIEGO EMMYS!! 28th ANNUAL PACIFIC SOUTHWEST AREA EMMY AWARDS By Ronny T. Baylor Veteran anchor/reporter Ross Becker creates a mentoring website! By Ross Becker COLUMBIA THROUGH TEXAS EYES By Jim Bell A LETTER TO LARRY'S CHILDREN Shari Bell LOOKING BACK By Gary Brainard GEORGE HARRISON: The Man and the media coverage of his death By David Brighton and Neil Burg David Brinkley David Brinkley: A Memoir The Smell: It's something I'll never forget By Bruce Brodoff It's been unreal By Bruce Brodoff Uncertainty in the Persian Gulf Holds APTRA Hostage: While the United States Warns Saddam, APTRA warns of a possible schedule change By Bret Burkhart The TOP TEN Reasons to be at APTRA CONVENTION 2002 By Bret Burkhart Avoiding turbulence in the control room!!! Mark Burnette From Shooting rescues to executing them By Tony Buttitta Loving your Life Changes By Joe Buttitta Angels Fans Enjoy Spring Training By Mike Campolo NAB/RTNDA, Through the eyes of aspiring journalist Quyen Chung Quyen Chung Remembering Frank del Olmo By Thomas Clannin New York Times Reporter Judith Miller Speaks At A Southern California Gathering. Tom Clannin has the story! By Thomas Clannin APTRA CONVENTION 2002 Gary Daigneault Joshua Tree Radio Personality Named “Big Kid” by National Toy Industry Gary Daigneault Z107.7 OFFERING SUPPORT FOR MILITARY DEPENDENTS Gary Daigneault RADIO STATION Z107.7 TO HONOR 9-11 ATTACK VICTIMS By Gary Daigneault REMEMBERING 9/11 FROM THE UNITED NATIONS TO THE SALVATION ARMY By Tad Daley, J.D., Ph.D. Life After Radio By Krickett Davis Is Public Affairs programming a game? By Nelson Davis Local broadcasters mourn death of cameraman Hal Eisner Michael Jackson: The Fans and the Media By Hal Eisner Ronald Reagan Funeral By Hal Eisner HAL & LARRY -- A REMEMBRANCE HAL REMEMBERS LARRY LAMOTTE Need Story Ideas on Hot Topics Such as Health, Crime, Tech, etc? By Jonathan Evans Dog Yoga; The Bulge: Padded Undies for Men; Where to Propose in Vegas By Jonathan Evans Now You Can Download VNRs from PR Newswire By Jonathan Evans Media to Explore Junkets, Hype & The Hollywood Quote Machine by Jonathan Evans Do You Have Any Experts in the Newsroom? By Jonathan Evans YOUR ROLODEX JUST EXPLODED! Jonathan Evans tells us what to do!!! By Jonathan Evans FINDING RESOURCES FOR YOUR STORIES TALK ABOUT AN INTERESTING NEWS WEEK!!! January 21st - January 28th By Jonathan Evans PRN -- WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT? By Jonathan Evans But I Really Wanted to be Vin Scully… By Kitty Feld Ron Fineman- The Man Behind the Myth By Ron Fineman "Killer Applications" Changing the face of Journalism By Rick Friedman HUNDREDS PAY TRIBUTE TO KCBS-TV PHOTOGRAPHER LARRY GREENE By Rick Friedman The Robert Blake Saga By Ted Garcia The Christmas Shocker By Teresa Garcia Olympics, Utah Style By Bill Gephardt Internships and Your Production Career By Sandra Gordon LA36 -- A DIFFERENT KIND OF LA STATION Steve Grace A Good Story Idea from Redlands PD By Renee Groese Come on Down By Renee Groese A DAY TO REMEMBER Renee Groese Chinese TV News By Tim Harrell Arizona Broadcasters Honored By The AP By Jim Hatley ETHICS!!!! SPJ WALKS THE WALK & TALKS THE TALK! Gary Hill Pursuits! By Jim Holcomb Media and PURSUITS: To Pursue or Not Pursue? By Jim Holcomb From Coppertalk to Choppertalk By Jim Holcomb TV Reporters --- ever think of writing a book? By Andrew Holtz Virtual Reality and Television News,or News in the Round – Can It Work? By Karen Matsumoto and Bess Hubbard LA 35 -- A CITY STATION!!! Tony Ighani What's a PIO?! By Captain Brian Jordan Finding Nemo, New Contacts and a TV Academy Membership Card! By Suzan Jorgensen-Torgerson Moments Frozen in time By Erin Kaplan, Michael Nicholson & John Smith FEEDBACK From Steve Kindred The Return of Live TV? By Harry Kooperstein AN EMMY AWARD WINNING DIRECTOR SUCCESSFULLY TAKES A CALIFORNIA CONCEPT TO UTAH! By Harry Kooperstein LA AREA EMMY DEADLINE: THIS TUESDAY JANUARY 22ND! DON'T MISS IT!!! By Liz Korda EMMY JUDGING By Liz Korda ORDINARY HERO By Ryan LaMotte Racing Ahead By Brooke Landau Bay Area Journalists Sharpen Skills at NAHJ Workshop By Lananh Nguyen A Remembrance of Larry LaMotte By Jo LeGood THE BLAKE CASE: Eric Leonard details "COVERING BLAKE" By Eric Leonard Test your Emmy Knowledge By John Leverence MAKING YOUR INTERNSHIP PAY OFF BY SANDRA MATTHEWS Happy Kwanzaa By Kirk McLemore Sal Morales shares his RTNDA Experience ... IN SPANISH! English version By Steve Morales Internet Journalism By Michael Murrie Lighten up in the Field By Michael Murrie 'Tis the Season By Al Naipo Pulitzer Prize winner discusses ethical issues in “Enrique’s Journey” Sonia Nazario Covering all the summer movie hype? Larry Nemecek says SAVE IT TILL DECEMBER! Larry Nemecek It's all about who ya know By Cyndy Ovalle Check out the new 2005 cars and trucks with auto industry reporter Steve Parker By Steve Parker SATELLITE RADIO --- HOUSTON, WE MAY HAVE A WINNER! By Steve Parker FACTORY MUSCLECARS ARE BACK! By Steve Parker WHEN LESS IS MORE By Steve Parker CLASS OF 2003 – FUN CARS AND TRUCKS FROM AROUND THE WORLD By Steve Parker The Car Biz and 0% Keep the Nation in Tow -- But watch out! By Steve Parker In Pursuit of Car News By Steve Parker The 2002 Cars! By Steve Parker DREAMS AND CONCEPTS IN METAL AND PLASTIC By Steve Parker LUXURY SUVs --- MORE MONEY, MORE TRUCK By Steve Parker Can't We all just get along? By Sergeant John Pasquariello Life After Broadcasting By Ian Pearson Princell Hair named new KCBS-TV News Director From the PRNewswire KABC's Dave Putnam has a TV live truck safety update! By Dave Putnam LIVE TRUCK SAFETY UPDATE By Dave Putnam Shooting from the Heart - Photographer or Photojournalist? By Art Quezada Persistence pays By Bob Rand Got a career block? We did..and still do! By Carissa Raymundo Bill Clinton book signing By Jocelyne Rohrback Lessons From The War By Abe Rosenberg LA's Newest Radio Station By DARRELL SATZMAN NEWS FROM ISRAEL By Elie Seckbach THE JACKSON TRIAL: Courthouse producer and media coordinator Peter Shaplen looks back! By Peter Shaplen DO YOU NEED AN AGENT? By Mathew Sheen Hiring the Right Agent I need an agent, but who can best service my need? By Mat Sheen DO YOU NEED AN AGENT? By Mathew Sheen Joy Short Honored with Star on the Walk of Fame Written about Joy Short What bugs Ya? By Kent Shocknek Warm Welcome? By Phil Shuman The Nerve By Phil Shuman THE BLAKE CASE: Phil Shuman says "HERE WE GO AGAIN!" By Phil Shuman Who are America's first responders in an attack? By Phil Shuman Santa Barbara Law School Professor Craig Smith suddenly found himself facing the cameras on the trial watched worldwide. He shares his thoughts on the MJ Trial! By Craig Smith APTRA in Oakland By Michelle R. Smith THE AWARD SEASON:USC Annenberg Walker Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism From Thanh T. T. Tan Thinking out of the Cable Box By Natalie Tejeda A White powder scare at an Arizona TV station By Natalie Tejeda New York State of Mind By Mat Tombers MIP TV -- CONTINUED! By Mat Tombers Passing for Normal By Mat Tombers Life After 911 By Mat Tombers One month Anniversary By Mat Tombers Thankgiving in NY By Mat Tombers Reflections of a different New York kind of holiday! By Mat Tombers In Memoriam Mat Tombers Remembers Rod Roddy Too close for comfort? By Ver�nica Villafa�e Who's watching the other media? By Ver�nica Villafa�e NBC Talks Spanish By Ver�nica Villafa�e FOR BETTER OR WORSE? By Ver�nica Villafa�e KCOP's Rich History By Mitch Waldow KCOP'S 50 PLUS YEARS!!! By Mitch Waldow Inland California TELEVISION NETWORK by Greg Weissman Commedia Dell� Morte? Fuhgeddaboudit! By Michael Wilk Keeping a stiff upper lip By Michael Wilk Roxy Music: The flame still burns bright By Michael Wilk Scream, Anthrax is loose in the theater! By Michael Wilk COUNTING MY BLESSINGS By Michael Wilk Larry Wong on HONORING ASIAN HERITAGE By Larry Wong Third time was a Charm- The Emmys 2001 By Bryce Zabel REMEMBERING 9/11 SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER... By Bryce Zabel THE SHOW MUST GO ON! By Bryce Zabel TV Channel Would Brand U.S. Abroad By Bryce Zabel

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