{"id":15527,"date":"2013-07-22T09:19:47","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T14:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mediastorm.com\/blog\/?p=15527"},"modified":"2013-07-22T09:33:55","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T14:33:55","slug":"in-praise-of-tim-mclaughlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/22\/in-praise-of-tim-mclaughlin\/","title":{"rendered":"In Praise of Tim McLaughlin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you know Tim McLaughlin<\/a>?<\/p>\n

If you do, then you know he\u2019s a gem. Not only is he a seriously genuine person\u2013one of the finest\u2013he\u2019s also a tremendous editor. Go watch Surviving the Peace: Angola<\/em><\/a>, a project he produced with gorgeous footage from Rick Gershon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hardly a secret around the office that I have a 5-lb.-gummy-bear-sized man-crush on Tim. What I love about our relationship, besides his immense patience for my shenanigans, is his almost incessant drive to improve his skills.<\/p>\n

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Eric<\/a> and Tim<\/a>. Photo by Shameel Arafin<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tim\u2019s desire to be better is palpable. And it\u2019s infectious.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t tell you how many times I\u2019ve meandered into his room feeling self-satisfied with my own work only to be floored by some sleight-of-hand he\u2019s conjured up. Inevitably, such moments send me back to my desk, convinced I can do better.<\/p>\n

In moments of fancy, I imagine us as something akin to K.K. Downing<\/a> and Glenn Tipton<\/a>, the fierce dueling guitarists of Judas Priest. Their competition helped each other only become better musicians, but more importantly, it made the band better too. Yeah, I know, it\u2019s a bit hyperbolic to compare yourself to a famous heavy metal group. But if you can\u2019t be wildly passionate about your friends and your art, what else are you going to get excited about?<\/p>\n

Something I know for sure is this: When you are young or just beginning to wrestle with your craft, the help of a mentor is invaluable beyond measure. And when you are older and have started to make your way, the trust, companionship, and advice of a fellow practitioner is something rare and special.<\/p>\n

Tim and I are teaching an editing workshop<\/a> September 7, and I could not be more excited. There\u2019s lots of good stuff we\u2019ll cover. You can read all about about it here<\/a>. But I want you to know this: It\u2019s going to be amazing, because I love editing and I love Tim McLaughlin.<\/p>\n

There, I said it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you know Tim McLaughlin? If you do, then you know he\u2019s a gem. Not only is he a seriously genuine person\u2013one of the finest\u2013he\u2019s also a tremendous editor. Go watch Surviving the Peace: Angola, a project he produced with gorgeous footage from Rick Gershon. It\u2019s hardly a secret around the office that I have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":15279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[1469,1918,1470,52,182],"class_list":["post-15527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editing","category-mediastorm-announcements","tag-coworkers","tag-editing","tag-editing-workshop","tag-eric-maierson","tag-tim-mclaughlin","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}