When we as solovj’s, backpack journalists, digital correspondents and/or documentary film makers talk about producing content for broadcast, in the past it was a clearly defined paradigm meant for traditional broadcast venues ie; television. Today, the broadcast spectrum is much wider – entailing not only television, but also internet content distribution to multiple platforms including [...]

As documentary filmmakers, solo video journalists, backpack journalists, digital correspondents, whatever the term, the skills we have as shooters is but a part of the total “Jack of All Trades, Master Of Many” paradigm. We also need to be efficient editors in post production bringing our stories to the timeline and effectively editing the footage, [...]

There are elements of what video journalism is/has become that has never settled well with me. The infighting that exists within the old school shooters versus the solovj paradigm has gotten to the point of being childish – and I’m the first to admit I contributed to it in the beginning. Now I’ve come to [...]

Another paradigm shift has begun for me in my pursuit of defining what it is I do as a visual content creator. A recent discussion I had with my editing mentor brought to light a dramtic shift in defining what video journalism is compared to documentary film making.

Looking at the current state of the industry as a solo video journalist is sobering. Many started their educational efforts 4 years ago and in the middle of that process, watched as the profession began burning to the ground – in what seemed uncontrollably – to the point of almost depressing for those who aspired [...]