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 ‘Obama’

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 [...]


Thoughts on shooting the Obama Rally with my equipment setup

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

On Friday, May 9th, I was fortunate enough to have been given access to cover the rally for Senator Obama held here in Eugene, Oregon as a solo video journalist.
Needless to say, I hadn’t been through a trial by fire like that in many years – reminded me of my daysas an unpaid intern at [...]