The Deacon's Bench
How does something uploaded onto YouTube turn into a sensation?
Travel blogger Joel Oleson can tell you.
He shot and posted online this quirky little video about a baby penguin encountering a person for the first time. Take a look:
Then he started noticing it was getting more interest than usual. Traffic began going a little nuts. And the fun began. He got emails and inquiries from places like CBS and Yahoo. Read his whole story here. It’s an interesting dissection of a uniquely modern media phenomenon.
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