Solo Video Journalist

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Archives for the ‘Content Distribution’ Category

Online Delivery Of Content Matters As Much As Equipment

By Cliff Etzel • Feb 17th, 2008 • Category: Content Distribution, Equipment, The Business of VJ

Gear isn’t nearly as important as we are led to believe Read that again -  Gear isn’t nearly as important as we are led to believe So how does this fit into the Solo VJ paradigm? Although having quality video acquisition tools is important, I think the future for solo video journalists will lie more [...]



Broadcasters recognize the internet as a viable platform for content distribution

By Cliff Etzel • Feb 17th, 2008 • Category: Content Distribution, The Business of VJ

A recent article I just read touches on TV news broadcast and it highlights how entrenched traditional broadcast media is with regards to utilizing the internet for video content distribution. The old school tv station managers are fighting tooth and nail at the idea of transforming their tv news divisions into media news divisions.



Web Video Journalism versus TV Broadcast

By Cliff Etzel • Feb 3rd, 2008 • Category: Content Distribution, The Business of VJ, VJ Training, Video Journalism

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 [...]



The Paradigm Shift of Internet Broadcasting

By Cliff Etzel • Nov 19th, 2007 • Category: Content Distribution, The Business of VJ

Recently I was approached to bring my skills as an Immersive Video Journalist to a series related to the ocean realm being pitched to Chinese National TV. It would entail working in a lean production team that models after the Solo VJ paradigm – one presenter, one producer and myself shooting all content both above [...]



Pitching The Concept of Internet Broadcasting

By Cliff Etzel • Nov 9th, 2007 • Category: Content Distribution, The Business of VJ

Recently I was approached to bring my skills as an Immersive Video Journalist to a series related to the ocean realm being pitched to Chinese National TV. It would entail working in a Solo VJ manner – one presenter, one producer and myself shooting all content both above and underwater.