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.

Posts Tagged ‘Michael Rosenblum’

ABC News Goes VJ

By Cliff Etzel • Feb 24th, 2010 • Category: The Business of VJ

Michael Rosenblum, the ever present wave maker in the profession of shooting video, has once again proven his point around why the move to the solo video journalist paradigm is inevitable – even more so with this recent announcement from broadcast giant ABC.



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 [...]



Appointment TV Is Dying

By Cliff Etzel • Jul 5th, 2008 • Category: Video Journalism

My cyber mentor David Dunkley-Gyimah as posted on his blog about two topics I write about about here on solovj.com – online content distribution and the business of solo video journalism.
I have been publicly ridiculed for my personal perspective of corporate news media – and the fallacy of objectivity in the news died decades ago.  [...]



The New Economics of Video Production

By Cliff Etzel • Jun 26th, 2008 • Category: The Business of VJ

Michael Rosemblum has posted on his blog some of his insights into the new economy of solo video journalists producing content in the realm of broadcast television.
Michael is expounding upon Mark Cuban’s blog posting that states “Are content producers prepared to reduced production costs….by 88%?”
I respect Michael’s experience and his forward thinking response to this [...]



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.