If journalists are becoming brands, then this is a star turn

Last year online journalism student Todd Nash recorded a beautifully tongue-in-cheek video on ‘How to be an online journalist’. This year Tuuli Platner has made me laugh more than any other student with her video promoting Environmental News Online. If you know anything about YouTube, you’ll recognise the format, but it’s the songwriting and editing that sets this apart:

If journalists are becoming brands, then Tuuli is a star turn.

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2 Comments

  1. Posted June 12, 2008 at 3:32 pm | Permalink

    Awesome! my favorite part is “easy to find on Google but incredibly long” LOL. Great song.Kudos Tuuli

  2. Posted June 12, 2008 at 3:44 pm | Permalink

    Thanks Alexandre…
    Glad it was entertaining.

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