We launched a new segment called ‘Life Illustrated’ on Weekend TODAY this Sunday, collecting photos from viewers about memorable moments in their lives, and I spent most of the morning scrolling through the amazing photos viewers posted with the hashtag #mylifeTODAY (there’s a post about it here). There have already been some really amazing photos submitted, and I’m looking forward to seeing which ones the segment producer decides to use in next week’s segment. For the first edition, we used anchor and staff photos… you can see it here:
Speaking of memorable moments and beautiful images… check out this gorgeous promo for the True/False Film Festival in Columbia, Mo (home to M-I-Z-Z-O-U!). I attended True/False when I lived in Columbia and it was an awesome experience packed with eye-opening documentaries. I’d love to go again soon. If you ever have the chance to, I’d recommend it:
Another video I came across yesterday… posted by my former journalism professor Karen Mitchell… NPR personalities spoofing “Telephone!” (Robert Siegel’s portion is my favorite.) A fun watch for public radio fans:
And finally… TODAY is celebrating its 60th anniversary all week and sharing lots of our memorable moments. I think this video was shared on-air last week, but there’s also a blog post with it here. Check out the beginning of the first ever TODAY show broadcast — very cool!