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Archives for the ‘VJ Training’ Category

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 [...]



Newspapers report the news better than TV – here’s why

By Cliff Etzel • Feb 3rd, 2008 • Category: VJ Training, Video Journalism

The landscape of news driven content is changing – and the fallout is reverberating across the news gathering industry in ways many are finding unsettling. The antiquated narrow world view of TV video journalism is witnessing a wave of shooters coming into the fold that for many is a threat to a way of doing [...]



Principles of Citizen Journalism apply to the Solo VJ paradigm

By Cliff Etzel • Sep 13th, 2007 • Category: VJ Training, Video Journalism

The Knight Citizen News Network has an excellent piece on the foundational principles of journalism to help citizen reporters master the fundamentals of the craft in a networked age. An excellent read that can be translated over to the Solo VJ paradigm as well as those doing the nitty gritty reporting with the written (or [...]



The Solo VJ Paradigm Hits A Raw Nerve

By Cliff Etzel • Jun 1st, 2007 • Category: VJ Training, Video Journalism

Michael Rosenblum’s blog has instigated several attacks on peoples character for having taken an “Outside The Box” perspective by adopting the Solo Video Journalist Paradigm as Rosenblum defines it. I’m by no means an authority on the topic – but I have done a fair bit of research to determine I am going to take [...]



The Peasants ARE Revolting!

By Cliff Etzel • May 29th, 2007 • Category: The Business of VJ, VJ Training, Video Journalism

A lively dialog has  developed over at Michael Rosenblum’s blog about how the so called “Lower class” VJ  paradigm equates to those who learned to read and write back in the 1700′s, and as a result, saw the upper crust aristocracy for what it truly was and made rightful changes to their society. How does [...]