Expect Fewer Cameras At Your Press Event

Four the city's five major television news departments have reached an agreement to share a pool of two cameras for news events. News reports say that WMAQ (5), WGN (9), WFLD (32) and WBBM (2) made the decision in order to cut costs. WLS (7) opted out.

It looks like those seeking news will call a special managing editor for this camera pool, but the details have not been released yet.

Looks like the days of standing up at a press event in front of 5 or even 7 cameras is over.

Frontline spotlights 'Poisoned Waters'

The PBS show Frontline is doing a special report about polluted waters and it looks pretty intense. They focus on Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound, but a lot of the problems they highlight - agricultural and industrial toxic pollution and combined sewer overflow (CSO) - are the same problems we have here in The Great Lakes. Looks like it makes a compelling case pollution and isn't just a concern for hippies and tree huggers - toxic waste hurts the health and well being of every person in every community.

The premiere is April 21 - you can check out the press release and other clips at their website.

Great Lakes documentary on The History Channel

The History Channel's How the Earth Was Made series covered the formation of the Great Lakes the other night - saw some buzz about it on Twitter. So far it looks like a treat for Great Lakes nerds like us.

You can watch whenever you want online here. Sadly, it isn't embeddable.

Side note: I love how The History Channel tries to make everything, no matter how fun and nerdy, as hardcore as a bad Steven Segal movie. They use metal guitar riffs, a movie-trailer voice over and quick edgy cuts to make make geologists talking about fossilized sponge creatures as sexy and dangerous as possible. Why not let me just enjoy my fun learning in all its nerdiness?