Bill Gentile is spearheading the Backpack Journalism Program at American University and his insights in this video are worthwhile on what the basic equipment needs are for shooting self contained – or as I like to term – SoloVJ. Having said that, as I watched this video, I got my feathers a little ruffled around [...]

I want to keep my words brief and to the point. This video is one of the finest pieces of video journalism I have seen in a long time.  The trite content produced these days has left me cynical and thinking there wasn’t anything being produced of high quality that told a true human story. [...]

SoloVJ.com is an advocacy platform for the SoloVJ/Backpack Journalist Paradigm and as such, I’m constantly looking for new information on this brave new world of video journalism that ascribes to less is more. Bruce Jones posted this video on his blog about the Backpack Journalism Project Bill Gentile is teaching at American University.   I [...]

Adam Westbrook has been the go to person lately with his insights into the new paradigm of solovj’ism. This time around I’m looking at the realities of going freelance – and why it’s not as scary as many would have you believe it is.  It requires a certain self discipline and thoughtful purpose to go [...]

As a contrast to my posting regarding the CineVJ debate that has ensued, I thought I would post what an established solovj is capable of producing abiding by the current production standards for video journalism today. Since the news of  Travis Fox being let go from the Washington Post late last year, I had wondered [...]