Look, It’s Me! Also, My Picks For Sunday

Larry Michael asked me today if I wanted to appear on tonight’s Redskins Nation and pick this weekend’s games against him. I accepted, and was actually pretty flattered about the whole thing until I found out that last week’s picks had been made by Larry Landover. On top of everything else, there’s now a reasonable [...]

Your Questions For Brad Baker

(Because the Redskins produce the preseason games in-house, I thought this might offer a good opportunity to watch the entire production of a game, from the advance production work it all the way through to the actual broadcast. At Redskins Park, I’ve been meeting with producer Brad Baker. These are your questions for him.) All [...]

Thursday, August 21 – Plan B It Is

(Because the Redskins produce the preseason games in-house, I thought this might offer a good opportunity to watch the entire production of a game, from the advance production work it all the way through to the actual broadcast. At Redskins Park, I’ve been meeting with producer Brad Baker. Also, part 2 and part 3.) The [...]

The Value of A TV Minute

(Because the Redskins produce the preseason games in-house, I thought this might offer a good opportunity to watch the entire production of a game, from the advance production work it all the way through to the actual broadcast. At Redskins Park, I’ve been meeting with producer Brad Baker. And part 2.) When I watched the [...]

Wednesday, August 20: Planning for Saturday’s Broadcast

(Because the Redskins produce the preseason games in-house, I thought this might offer a good opportunity to watch the entire production of a game, from the advance production work it all the way through to the actual broadcast. At Redskins Park, I’ve been meeting with producer Brad Baker.) When I walk into the Redskins TV [...]

Shooting An Interview

After practice finishes, Marc hustles up to the outdoor set for Redskins.com TV to shoot an interview with Chris Samuels. It’s the two-seater, open at the back to the practice fields, with Larry Michael and Samuels. Marc does literally hundreds of these, and has it down pretty much to a science.

Behind the Camera at Redskins Park: Marc Dress

At morning practice today, and possibly for a bit afterward, I’ll be following Marc Dress, Director of Production for Redskins.com TV, trying to see the practice through his eyes. What that job title means from a practical standpoint is that Marc shoots lots and lots of footage of the Redskins, enough to fill five shows [...]

See Blogger Talk. Talk, Blogger, Talk.

One of the interesting things about this job — and there are a lot of interesting things about this job, so it’s difficult to rank them in any real order — has been watching the Redskins.com TV guys do their work. They’re always producing this or mic’ing that guy up or shooting the other thing [...]