The Knight Citizen News Network has an excellent piece on the foundational principles of journalism to help citizen reporters master the fundamentals of the craft in a networked age.
An excellent read that can be translated over to the Solo VJ paradigm as well as those doing the nitty gritty reporting with the written (or typed) word. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Rosenblum’s blog has instigated several attacks on peoples character for having taken an “Outside The Box” perspective by adopting the Solo Video Journalist Paradigm as Rosenblum defines it.
I’m by no means an authority on the topic - but I have done a fair bit of research to determine I am going to take the journey down this new path of Solo VJ’ism. Read the rest of this entry »
A lively dialog has developed over at Michael Rosenblum’s blog about how the so called “Lower class” VJ paradigm equates to those who learned to read and write back in the 1700’s, and as a result, saw the upper crust aristocracy for what it truly was and made rightful changes to their society.
How does this equate to what we do as solo VJ’s?
I’m not saying that the old guard of ENG shooters are a thing of the past, but as one who has seen several commercial photographic colleagues close up shop for lack of adapting to the new technologies, I do feel that the Solo VJ paradigm is becoming a force to be reckoned with. Read the rest of this entry »
While visiting Viewmagazine.tv’s website, its publisher, David Dunkley Gyimah, has come up with a list of 10 things to remember in this new paradigm of the self contained video journalist.
Surfing the web today led me over at CURRENT.TV’s VJ training site
Now many would be VJ’s have the desire to become a part of the new wave of Indie Video Journalists, but lack the financial resources necessary for professional training.
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