Keith Oppenheim
CommentatorKeith Oppenheim, Associate Professor in Broadcast Media Production at Champlain College, has been with the college since 2014. Prior to that, he coordinated the broadcasting program at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan (near Grand Rapids). Keith was a correspondent for CNN for 11 years and worked as a television news reporter in Providence, Scranton, Sacramento and Detroit. He produces documentaries, and his latest project, Noyana - Singing at the end of life, tells the story of a Vermont choir that sings to hospice patients.
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In the news business, presidential election years are a time for punditry 鈥� and profits.Consider that CNN, which struggled for years to find its mojo, is鈥�
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When the story broke about Donald Trump and the infamous recording, everyone focused on what 鈥� exactly - Donald Trump had said.But it鈥檚 also interesting鈥�
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It was the first night of Art Hop in Burlington. I had organized a group of college students to produce a live webcast on Pine Street. We had a bunch of鈥�
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On September 7th, NBC aired what it called a 鈥淐ommander-in Chief Forum鈥�. It wasn鈥檛 a debate. Rather, it was two back-to-back live interviews with Hillary鈥�
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My father passed away a few years ago, but a few weeks from now, he would have turned 90 years old. And lately I鈥檝e been thinking about how as a child, he鈥�
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What is it about the Olympics? Every four years, I find myself glued to the tube, fascinated by sports I otherwise never pay attention to. I say things鈥�
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At the end of the conventions, TV ratings are one of those things that get intensely reviewed. But it wasn鈥檛 as if one party got a huge audience and the鈥�
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The election is still months away and unpredictable, making it presumptuous to talk about Bill Clinton coming back to the White House. But if that鈥�
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Let me make a confession. These days, just about every time I open a news app on my phone, listen to the radio or get my morning TV news fix, I want the鈥�
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It was about 8:30 AM. I was flipping through the Sunday morning shows. The breaking story had not yet hit the air. So I went to work on my laptop, at one鈥�