Tagami Vision

New TV Show by Zennie62's On BART and Oscar Grant

2009-05-04T05:21:00.001-07:00

On Saturday, May 2nd, my new television show starts. It's called "The Blog Report With Zennie62" and features the use of my video blogs in a weekly 30-minute format broadcast and co-produced by CoLoursTV in Denver. The start time is 3:30 PM Pacific Time, 6:30 PM Eastern Time and the show is replayed at 11:30 PM and 2:30 PM respecfully.

If you don't have a TV you can see the live stream at CoLoursTV.org. or Zennie62.com

The first show focused on selected events that occured after the shooting of Oscar Grant by BART Officer Johannes Mesherle on New Year's Day. It opens with my walk through a riot-ravaged downtown Oakland where I talked with many people about what happened, including a group of kids who were some of the rioters. Then we focus on the words of "DaveyD", America's foremost hiphop reporter and voice of the street, who shares his observations of how Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums handled the situation. And finally we hear from Dellums himself. This is not the last time I will visit this issue, but it's a good place to start the show.

The standard format is to present politics, news, sports, and tech in some combination for each show. Sometimes it's me talking about an issue; other times it's me talking to someone else, and with this show we will feature the work of other video-bloggers. It's a vloggers' playground.

The show will have a deliberate vlogger feel. Videos that you see on my channels at YouTube, Blip.tv, and other places make up the show. There's no studio; the camcorder is the star instrument. That means we can go anywhere at anytime and quickly make a video. It also means I can share what's happening in the news on the blogsphere in video form and show it on "The Blog Report". A lot of ground we can cover considering I never dreamed of having my own television show, but this whole road I've taken has been totally unplanned by me.

"The Blog Report" all started last year when I met Art Thomas who's the Executive Vice President with CoLoursTV at a media walk-through for the Democratic National Convention in Denver. He lived in Oakland before moving to Denver and so we had a lot to talk about. I was looking for a sponsor for our show at the time, so I sent a proposal to Thomas. That exchange turned into an idea for placing our videos on CoLoursTV and that became the concept called "The Blog Report With Zennie62".

Our first concern was how to get the videos up on television without a loss of at least the quality that is seen on Blip.tv and Viddler, which have the sharpest video uploads (that written, I love YouTube and the quality's really improved over time such that it's competitive with the two, but YouTube's best system is the website design and its "viral" nature as well as The YouTube Partner program.) I think we solved that problem and I understand the TV version looks even better than what you're going to see here.

I look forward to your feedback and questions. We're seeking sponsors and there are some organizations we simply want to establish strategic partnerships with, so please contact me. The possibilities for this are many and should serve as an example for a possble future for newspapers as well.

If you're a video-blogger located anywhere in the World and have material that's not longer than 4 minutes tops, notify me via email at zennie@sportsbusinesssims.com and we'll go from there. I prefer the video is already uploaded on some site, Brightcove, Blip.tv, YouTube, etc, so I can see it.

I wish to thank Art Thomas, Damon Purdy, and Tracy Winchester of CoLours TV, as well as Steve and Bernard who made me look good in the promo. I also wish to thank Google / YouTube for their support and encouragement and specifically Chad, Emily, and Hunter. A big loud shot-out to the iReport team at CNN: Lila, Henry, Rachel, David, Nicole Saldi, and the rest. And thanks to the team at CNN Special Projects, Errol and Jessica, and to Roland Martin and his staff at CNN for discovering me. Finally, thanks to the San Francisco Chronicle for seeing the value in how I do what I'm doing and providing a platform. To the National Football League and Commissioner Roger Goodell, Greg Aiello, and Frank Supovitz ("Mr. Super Bowl") And of course, thanks to my Mom and my relatives in Chicago and Tennessee.

Brian Rogers With Phil Tagami : Tagami Vision Show

2008-05-17T08:01:00.000-07:00

Tagami Vision - Phil Tagami Talks To Greg Hodge - Oakland City Council Dist. 3 Candidate

2008-05-14T18:11:00.000-07:00

Phil Tagami Talks To Charlie Pine - Tagami Vision

2008-05-14T12:59:00.000-07:00

Tagami Vision - Phil Tagami Talks To Rebecca Kaplan

2008-05-14T10:33:00.000-07:00

Tagami Vision - Phil Tagami Talks To Kerry Hamill

2008-05-13T12:56:00.000-07:00

Tagami Vision: Phil Tagami Talks To Councilmember Nancy Nadel, District Three

2008-05-12T19:53:00.000-07:00

Tagami Vision: Phil Tagami Talks To Sean Sullivan Running For City Council Dist. 3

2008-05-12T19:45:00.000-07:00

Chauncey Bailey Interviews Phil Tagami On Fox Theater

2007-11-26T13:06:00.000-08:00

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This interview was conducted in 2003, just as the effort to restore the Oakland Fox Theater had embarked anew. Here, Phil talks about the importance of the involvement of minority contractors in the restoration of the Fox Theater. He also talks about how he and others have worked to draw more retail, and how now-former Mayor Jerry Brown helped in drawing institutional dollars to Oakand.

Chauncey Bailey was murdered earlier this year.

Tagami Vision - Phil Tagami Interviewed By Tim Yee

2007-11-15T11:11:00.000-08:00

Tagami Vision - Councilmember Jane Brunner Is Interviewed By Phil Tagami

2007-10-17T09:39:00.000-07:00

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TagamiVision - Phil Tagami Interviews John Russo - Oakland City Attorney

2007-10-15T00:47:00.000-07:00

Phil Tagami Interviews John Russo - Oakland City Attorney

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TagamiVision - Phil Tagami Interviews Oakland Police Chief Wayne Tucker

2007-10-12T13:26:00.000-07:00

In this series on Crime, Phil Tagami interviews Oakland Police Chief Wayne Tucker.

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TagamiVision - (Pt.3) Phil Tagami Interviews Larry Reid - District 7 - Oakland City Council

2007-10-12T13:16:00.000-07:00

Phil Tagami interviews Oakland Councilmember Larry Reid in this two part series:

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TagamiVision - (Pt.3) Phil Tagami Interviews Tom Orloff - Alameda County District Attorney

2007-10-09T11:10:00.000-07:00

TagamiVision - (Pt.2) Phil Tagami Interviews Tom Orloff - Alameda County District Attorney

2007-10-09T11:09:00.000-07:00

TagamiVision - Phil Tagami Interviews Tom Orloff - Part 1, 2, 3

2007-10-09T11:04:00.000-07:00

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TagamiVision - (Pt.1) Phil Tagami Interviews Tom Orloff - Alameda County District Attorney

2007-10-08T14:07:00.000-07:00

TagamiVision - (Pt.3) Phil Tagami Interviews Delsey Brooks - Oakland City Council District 5

2007-10-04T09:44:00.000-07:00

TagamiVision - (Pt.2) Phil Tagami Interviews Delsey Brooks - Oakland City Council District 5

2007-10-04T03:36:00.000-07:00

TagamiVision - (Pt.1) Phil Tagami Interviews Delsey Brooks - Oakland City Council District 5

2007-10-03T23:29:00.000-07:00

TagamiVision - (Pt.2) Phil Tagami Interviews Ignacio De La Fuente - Oakland City Council President

2007-10-02T15:00:00.000-07:00

TagamiVision - (Pt.1) Phil Tagami Interviews Ignacio De La Fuente - Oakland City Council President

2007-10-02T12:14:00.000-07:00