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Posts Tagged ‘Washington Post’

Video: Evolution of a Visual Journalist

By Cliff Etzel • Feb 24th, 2010 • Category: Multimedia

A lecture by Tom Kennedy Former National Geographic Director of Photography and Managing Editor of Washington Post/Newsweek Interactive speaks about his and the visual journalism profession’s transition to the digital age.



The Next Big Step for Online Video is Offline

By Cliff Etzel • May 29th, 2008 • Category: Content Distribution

Over at Poynter Institute Online, Al Tompkins had the opportunity to interview Travis Fox of The Washingtonpost.com. I’ve admired the quality of work Travis is producing these days and have been following his work for the past few months. One question Al asked falls into line with one of the philosophies I have been speaking [...]



The Ups and Downs of Shooting as a Solo VJ

By Cliff Etzel • May 14th, 2008 • Category: VJ Training

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 [...]



The Solo VJ paradigm works and why TV shooters should be concerned

By Cliff Etzel • Aug 18th, 2007 • Category: The Business of VJ, Video Journalism

The newspaper & solo vj detractors are at it once again. I discovered a recent Apple marketing video showing some of the inner workings of The Washington Post’s integration of multimedia as a part of their adapting to declining market conditions affecting print news media.