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 [...]

For those solovj’s like myself who are looking to refine their skills in producing compelling visual journalistic projects, Adam Westbrook’s ebook provides a wealth of valuable insights and tips in what it takes to stay agile in the changes taking place in this profession.

MultimediaShooter has an excellent posting entitled “Multimedia Rules To Live By and Seven Steps to Training Yourself”, which I find interesting in that I’ve been doing this for my professional life first as a photojournalist and later on crossing over into the realm of shooting as a solo video journalist.

Visual Editors concluded their first web video journalism workshops held May 5-9, 2008 and needless to say, the results and comments from the attendees speaks greatly about the out side the box thinking that is the new paradigm of solo video journalism.

Ever the outspoken Solo Video Journalism detractor, Stewart Pittman aka “Lenslinger“, has put his spin over on NewsVideographer about the difficulties that many shooters are beginning to experience working as solo video journalists. He and I don’t see eye to eye on much and even though I respect the amount of time he has invested [...]