http://wpt2.org/npa/producersJournal/index.cfm Wisconsin Public Television Producer's Journal en-us Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:24:39 -0500 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:22:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss wayne.reynolds@wpt.org wayne.reynolds@wpt.org wayne.reynolds@wpt.org http://wpt2.org/npa/producersJournal/index.cfm no http://wpt2.org/npa/producersJournal/index.cfm/2009/9/10/A-Pictures-is-Worth I was reminded this week of how one aspect of my job has changed over the years. I'm producing a report about Curtis Prairie at the University of Wisconsin Arboretum in Madison to commemorate their 75th anniversary. The report starts with a bit of history so I'm planning to show some photos from that time period. In 1997 I produced a program that touched on this same period of history. At that time the photo search involved a walk over to the Wisconsin Historical Society and hours and hours of white-gloved searching through boxes of photo prints. Today, much of this collection is available on-line and can be searched by hitting a few buttons on a computer keyboard. With this type of search mission the most important job skill is coming up with search terms that reveal the best images. And there's a rub. I've been searching on-line for a photo I saw 12 years ago but just can't find it. It makes me value even more the work done by professional archivists. Conservation Cranberries Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:22:00 -0500 http://wpt2.org/npa/producersJournal/index.cfm/2009/9/10/A-Pictures-is-Worth Liz Koerner http://wpt2.org/npa/producersJournal/index.cfm/2009/8/24/Cranberry-seed-lotion We're continuing work on a segment updating an earlier report on an insurance cooperative for farmers and businesses which support Wisconsin's agricultural economy. In the process we learned a lot more about cranberries than I ever expected. Did you know that you can make hand cream from cranberry seeds? It's rich in vitamin E. The problem is cranberry seeds are about the size of a large sand grain. It takes lots and lots to make a small amount of lotion. A cranberry processor, who sells bottles of the lotion as a side business, told us of how he talked to a major marketer of cosmetics and they said, "Great! Can you send us four tanker loads?" He had to explain that all the cranberries in Wisconsin wouldn't generate four tanker loads. It's definitely a niche product. Cranberries Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:01:00 -0500 http://wpt2.org/npa/producersJournal/index.cfm/2009/8/24/Cranberry-seed-lotion Art Hackett