Somehow, Hazel and Jimmy got press credentials to tonight’s CNN party in Las Vegas.  Those things are harder to get than hot coffee at a convention super session.  Anyway…more later on those two.  They’re almost more than LV can take!   

I’m in Las Vegas for the 2008 National Association of Broadcasters Show and the Radio Television News Directors Association-Electronic Journalists Convention.  It’s estimated there are some 120-thousand people here from 160 countries.  Yesterday I sat next to a young owner of a post production company in Egypt. 

Some of what I’m learning involves the transition to a digital newsroom.  I’d love to share some of that with you in the next few days. 

I recorded Tim Robbins’ speech yesterday and am in the process of uploading that for you.  It was controversial, entertaining and directly hit home in many areas.  Charles Osgood had positive, encouraging things to say about this transition from such a nostalgic era in television into one of endless possibilities.

It makes me proud to see how far KTBS has already come in this transition.  We have a lot of work to do and we’re on it.  Being a privately-owned entity is a real positive in such a time of change.

And I’m sure it comes as no surprise to you that Hazel and Jimmy are a big hit, especially with the people from CNN.  More on that later.