All Entries in the "Greg Dobbs" Category
Greg’s Dispatch from Europe
Greg Dobbs, co-founder and publisher of BoomerCafé, has been traveling across Europe to report for HDNet’s World Report about two major issues of relevance to Americans. In his spare moments, Greg has jotted some notes and observations to share with family and friends.
Greg Dobbs: Life in the Wrong Lane
BoomerCafé co-founder and executive editor Greg Dobbs has a new book out. It is called “Life in the Wrong Lane,” because that’s where Greg — a longtime producer, then correspondent for ABC News, now a correspondent for HDNet Television — has spent most of his life: In the wrong lane, trying to get into places when smart, normal people are trying to get out.
What’s “Awesome” About “Incredisational?”
“Sick.” That’s what my baseball team, the red-hot Colorado Rockies, are calling themselves these days: “sick.” They’ve even printed it on t-shirts they’re wearing around the clubhouse: four big, bold, black letters in the center of the chest: “SICK.”
BoomerCafé’s Greg Dobbs Hosts Coverage of Launch
BoomerCafé’s co-founder and executive editor, Greg Dobbs, emailed this message this morning about Monday night’s launch of space shuttle discovery that he will be covering live on HDNet. With his permission, we wanted to share the message here and also talk up his new book.
Looking into the Eyes of Iran
Both of BoomerCafe´s co-founders – Greg Dobbs and David Henderson – are former network television news correspondents. As such, each continues to closely follow world events. David and Greg each have written pieces about what’s happening right now in Iran.
About the Chesapeake and Space Shuttle
To his family and legions of friends, BoomerCafé co-founder Greg Dobbs is known – among many other wonderful things – for his letters … observations on life, his work, and his travels. In his latest email letter, Greg writes of two recent stories he has covered, as a correspondent for HDNet.
May 10, 2009, from the [...]
Greg Remembers Paul Harvey
A legend in radio broadcasting passed away recently – Paul Harvey. BoomerCafé co-founder Greg Dobbs worked with Harvey at the start of Greg’s career in broadcast news. He was Harvey’s editor, and shares these memories.
Dear Family and Friends,
Unlike my other letters, this one isn’t about a trip. It’s more about an experience. An [...]
BoomerCafé … the Next 10 Years
All of us baby boomers are getting older, and so is BoomerCafé. We think (at least we like to think) that we’ve all aged well together. The question is, do the generations that came after us agree? BoomerCafé co-founder and publisher David Henderson looks at the evolution of our ezine, and as [...]
Greg’s Letter from Vietnam
BoomerCafé Co-Founder and Executive Editor Greg Dobbs has recently returned from Vietnam where he was reporting for HD Net, the cable news network. He found that America’s war in Vietnam is still haunting.
This letter to family and friends is about Vietnam, where we’ve just finished shooting a documentary about the likely and ongoing impact on [...]
To Be Thankful for Clean Water
During this time of sharing and reflecting upon what’s good in the world, BoomerCafé Co-Founder and Executive Editor Greg Dobbs has visited a desperate part of the world, Indonesia, which is suffering from scarcity of clean water. He was preparing a report for his “day job” as a news correspondent for HD Net. Greg shares [...]
Election Night: A Reporter’s Notebook
Greg Dobbs, co-founder and executive editor of BoomerCafé, has been a journalist for four decades but reporting alongside Dan Rather for HDNet on the landslide election of Barack Obama as President of the United States was a monumental event in his career. Here is Greg’s candid and personal perspective on a historic time in America’s [...]
Greg’s Letter from Lebanon
Just because we are baby boomers and over age 50 doesn’t mean slowing down for many of us … certainly not BoomerCafé Co-Founder and Executive Editor Greg Dobbs. In Greg’s “day job” as news correspondent for HDNet Television, he travels the world to cover news, sometimes to dangerous places, and he shared those experiences [...]
Reality Check: How to Control How Old You Feel
A frequent topic at BoomerCafé is how to maintain an active and healthy lifestyle. BoomerCafé Co-Founder and Executive Editor Greg Dobbs is one of us who is not about to slow down despite … gulp! … getting older. Quite the contrary, he feels this is the time of life to be as active [...]
