Sunroom Desk celebrates two years of online publishing today, with reflections on two subjects covered extensively on this site (telecommunications policy, and sustainable transportation designs) and on this medium.
Journalists are now trained to be videographers, mentioned Patt Morrison last night at the Glendale Public Library, where she appeared to discuss Los Angeles Noir insights gained during her career. Video stories bring a human dimension to difficult topics.
Links to documentaries that inspired posts on this blog include Full Signal, Public Exposure, Bad Reception, and Radiant Day, all about cell tower proliferation and communities’ health concerns related to cell sites.
Contested Streets, which the Glendale Safe and Healthy Streets Program screened during Bike Month, featured the 20th century’s progression from using streets as pedestrian spaces to transforming them into high-speed or congested lanes full of vehicles. The documentary showed planners now intentionally redesigning such streets to ensure more pedestrian and local community- and business-building uses.
I wonder whether the buildout for smart phones, which rely on microwave signals and require transmitting hardware that people distrust, will proceed through a similar cycle and eventually result in policies that foster more human interaction.
Congratulations!
Happy 2nd Anniversary, Sunroom Desk!
Congratulations and Happy Anniversary, Sunroom Desk!
To the editor.
Greeting and best wishes as you continue your excellent news coverage of Glendale and environs. Your articles are well written and very informative. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much!