Solo Video Journalist

Musings and advocacy of the Solo Video Journalist Paradigm. Emphasis on web video journalism, developing compact shooting equipment, editing, techniques, creative vision while remaining true to the journalism perspective.

Archives for the ‘Multimedia’ Category

Video: This American Life

By Cliff Etzel • Sep 14th, 2008 • Category: Multimedia

What does this say about our society and how we consume news media?



Video: Michael Rosenblum 40 minute vj revolution speech

By Cliff Etzel • Jul 15th, 2008 • Category: Multimedia

Wait for it….
Yup - the detractors don’t have much to say these days around the premise/content of this speech.
Michael Rosenblum removes the veil of secrecy behind the production of video and shows why the solo vj paradigm WILL work - not might, not maybe - but WILL
Prepare yourself for some rather blunt, even crude commentary [...]



Video: Cancer Care

By Cliff Etzel • Jun 16th, 2008 • Category: Multimedia

Michael Rosenblum posted this on his blog.  Pretty straight forward.
Detractors deride his solo vj training as being too little.  His training techniques produces quality that is supposedly less than professional - according to the detractors.



Video: Obama Rally Coverage

By Cliff Etzel • May 18th, 2008 • Category: Multimedia

On Friday May 9th 2008, I was given access to cover the rally for Democratic Presidential front runner Senator Barack Obama held here in Eugene, Oregon at the University of Oregon.
I was able to work as a solo video journalist and obtained press credentials through the citizen journalist organization The Uptake and the video was [...]



Video: Opera & Jazz Singer Profile

By Cliff Etzel • Mar 31st, 2008 • Category: Multimedia

Here is a self assigned small project I completed on a professional singer.
Her story I felt was somewhat unique and this project shows how one can do a slice of life story for a small town newspaper moving to video on their website.