The Ups and Downs of Going Solo

Ever the outspoken Solo Video Journalism detractor, Stewart Pittman aka “Lenslinger“, has put his spin over on NewsVideographer about the difficulties that many shooters are beginning to experience working as solo video journalists.
He and I don’t see eye to eye on much and even though I respect the amount of time he has invested as [...]

Adobe Online Seminar targeted at Solo VJ’s and Newspapers

Adobe is conducting a web based seminar targeted at those who work in the newspaper industry who are responsible for creating, editing and delivering video content for the web.

Web Video Journalism versus TV Broadcast

Michael Rosenblum has posted what I feel is a crucial commentary that hasn’t been discussed to any real extent – that of the differences between shooting VJ content for the web as opposed to shooting for traditional broadcast television.
There is a difference and I think it needs to be expounded upon as to what I [...]

Newspapers report the news better than TV – here’s why

The landscape of news driven content is changing – and the fallout is reverberating across the news gathering industry in ways many are finding unsettling.
The antiquated narrow world view of TV video journalism is witnessing a wave of shooters coming into the fold that for many is a threat to a way of doing business [...]

What is Immersive Video Journalism?

My cyber colleague and mentor, David Dunkley-Gyimah has posted a blog entry entitled “Hail the Immersive Video Journalist” introducing me as one who is uniquely qualified to bring the skills of being a “Jack Of All Trades, Master Of Them All” to the aquatic realm.
Once I got past the blushing of seeing my credentials being [...]

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