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NEWS FEATURE RECORD on the digital frontier by Kent Kingston The new president of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church, Dr Ted NC Wilson, will visit the South Pacific region in January 2011. His itinerary includes a stop at Adventist Media Network’s Sydney campus where he’ll be launching RECORD’s latest incarnation: the RECORD iApp. This year has already seen a surge in RECORD’s digital presence. The news magazine’s website has gone from an online pdf archive to an integrated website which allows users to comment on stories and view episodes of the Record InFocus TV program. Those who have signed up for the weekly email newsletter or who visit the RECORD website regularly will be aware that the two-week wait between print editions can be relieved by checking for the daily website updates. Apart from the bonus of being able to catch breaking Adventist news first, the RECORD website also publishes extra stories that may never make it into the print edition, due to space or other factors. The new RECORD iApp, dubbed “iRecord”, will provide all these digital features, optimised for Apple’s iPhone and iPad platforms, allowing RECORD readers to browse the news features magazine from any location where there’s mobile phone or Wi-Fi reception. A double-tap on the iPad touchscreen will zoom in on the article indicated, allowing those who struggle with smaller text to read more easily. “The clarity is amazing,” says head of news and editorial, Pablo Lillo. “Immediacy” is the watchword here. Like all of us, the RECORD team is grappling with the expectations of the “instant” drive-through 21st century. Take this year’s General Conference session, for example. If the rumours are to be believed, names of some nominees were available via text message or Twitter to people on the other side of the world before they were even announced on the floor of the meeting. If church media wants to make a meaningful contribution to the conversation, timeliness is a must. It’s an issue that has led RECORD’s broadcast partner, the weekly Record InFocus TV program, to reduce the “shoot to broadcast” turnaround from 11 to four days. As of September 15, InFocus records the program on a Monday and airs that episode on Friday night of the same week. Online technology allows this, with Hope Channel in the US now receiving each episode via the internet, rather than a costly courier service. But the other factor is the credibility InFocus is building with other broadcasters. Since early 2010, Record InFocus has been airing on the Australian Christian Channel, available as a free channel (182) to pay-TV subscribers—Foxtel, Austar, Optus and the like. Australian Christian Channel broadcasts are also available on Shine TV in New Zealand, EM TV and other channels in Papua New Guinea. This, of course, boosts potential audience numbers for InFocus into the millions, the vast majority of this demographic not being Adventist. Australian Christian Channel managers believe in InFocus, such that they no longer require a review copy of each episode and a week to consider it. Instead, understanding that a news program should be timely, and trusting in the consistent messages InFocus is delivering, they‘ve asked the episodes be delivered straight to the Globecast uplink site. Regular InFocus viewers will have been tracking how the look and feel of the program has been changing in concert with the print and online editions of RECORD, a visual expression of the media integration the news and editorial team is aiming for. The latest facelift sees a new set in lush orange and blue. The main backdrop uses a modular structure used for exhibitions, where displays need to be light, strong, wrinkle-resistant and easily collapsible. Of course, iApps and new TV production sets don’t come cheaply. Like most church entities, Adventist Media Network’s budget is often stretched to breaking point. But the RECORD team is thankful that there are people in local churches who share the vision of spreading the message of hope to new frontiers. Four major donors from Australia and New Zealand, including the New Zealand Christian Foundation, have made the development of the iRecord app and the construction of a new InFocus set possible. RECORD says, “Thank you.” * Look out for details of Ted Wilson’s four nation South Pacific itinerary in future editions of Record. 9
It Is Written now on Channel 10 andNine Network The It Is Written Oceania TV Show in Australia is broadcasting on Channel Ten every Sunday at 4.30am and on GEM, the Nine Network’s third digital channel, every Sunday at 6am. For full broadcast and channel details, visit www.itiswrittenoceania.tv Don’t Miss an Episode! Any Time, Any Episode – www.itiswrittenoceania.tv Channel 10 Sundays 4.30am Australia GEM Sundays 6.00am Australia (Channel 90 metro, Channel 80 regional) Australian Mondays 12.00pm Australia Christian Channel* Tuesdays 7.00pm (rpt) Fridays 5.00am (rpt) TV2 Sundays 5.30am Mondays 4.30am (rpt) New Zealand HOPE Channel** Fridays 7.30pm Saturdays 5.30pm (rpt) Sundays 8.30pm (rpt) all times AEDST^ Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Rim EM TV Sundays 6.30am Papua New Guinea One Television Sundays 8.30am Solomon Islands OPINION Paul Rankin The weight of evidence God gave Ellen White a health message in 1863 so that the members of the emerging Seventh-day Adventist Church would choose life. While health does not determine salvation, it has a dramatic impact on one’s quality of life. Jesus has promised us life “and that more abundantly” (John 10:10). The Adventist health message teaches that good health is a matter of choice. The weight of scientific evidence now supports the principles God gave to Ellen White in 1863. T Colin Campbell sums up a lifetime of research in this way, “One of the most fortunate findings from the mountain of nutritional research I have encountered is that good food and good health is simple. . . . The recommendations coming from the published literature are so simple that I can state them in one sentence: eat a whole foods, plant-based diet, while minimising the consumption of refined foods, added salt and added fats”. 1 This health message has been a tremendous asset to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. National Geographic magazine in November 2005 stated that Seventh-day Adventists are one of the three longest lived populations in the world and the only population of longevity that is passing on this longevity to their children. 2 The cost of Western lifestyle diseases is becoming a crippling burden on the economies of many developed countries. The principles of the Adventist health message provide an answer to these diseases. As a Church we have a unique opportunity to use what we know about health to build bridges within our community. Mrs White refers to the health message as “the great entering wedge . . . the door through which the truth of this time is to find entrance to many homes”. 3 Moses at the end of his life challenged the children of Israel, saying, “I present to you life and death, blessings and curses . . . Oh that you would choose life so that you and your children may live” (Deuteronomy 30:19). God has given us information on which we can make sound choices regarding health. Choose life. 1 T Colin Campbell & Thomas M Campbell II, The China Study, Benbella Books, Dallas 2006, p 242. 2 Dan Buettner, “The Secret of Long Life” National Geographic, Volume 208, Number 5, November 2005. 3 Ellen G White, Evangelism, p 513-514. Pastor Paul Rankin is health ministries director for the New Zealand Pacific Union Conference. * Accessed by anyone with Foxtel, Austar, Optus ** Accessed by anyone with a receiver for Optus D2 satellite ^AEDST = Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time www.itiswrittenoceania.tv Refer to The final challenge (page 17).
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