Re writers and journalists taking their own photos: food bloggers do. It comes with the territory. They are probably the group that’s the least intimidated by the idea of video. However, my friend Greg Patent, who turned 70 last year, records a video every week for his town’s newspaper, where he has a column.

I also think that no matter what “they” say, there is still a huge market for paper, for something one can hold in one’s hand: I can find any number of Dorie Greenspan recipes on line but I still really wanted to buy and own the book. And as much as “they” claim more and more people are no longer reading books because of internet, I am still seeing all the bookstores in Nantes from the huge multi-media one to the smaller bookstores packed with people and cash register lines out the door.

And then there is video: for professional publications, do writers or journalists really take their own photos? It seems to me that being a writer, a photographer or a videographer/filmmaker are 3 different and separate professions. What kind of quality can we expect if the same person was required to do – and master – all 3?