Eyes on the Prize

Selling last year’s rug on eBay…

We are gearing up for this year’s DNA2009 Digital News Conference in Brussels.

The headline for all VJs is that we are once again awarding our €10,000 prize for the best VJ piece worldwide. ($15,000).

If you have a video that you have shot, cut, scripted and produced, please submit. The more, the better. There is no submission fee.

The conference will be held in Brussels March 3-4, and we are expecting close to 500 participants from Europe, The US and Asia. Perhaps more.

Central to our discussions this year will be a look at newspaper’s fight for survival and their rather rapid migration into the world of online video.  As well, we’ll be looking at the Citizen Journalist phenomenon – risks and rewards.

We’ll be joined by a contingent of European and American legislators, journalists, CEOs and jurists, and we’ll discuss the practical, the econonimcs and the legal conflicts and challenges that this new technology affords.

We’ll also be, in the model of the Harvard Business School, taking apart and analyzing a number of actual case studies of digital transformations from around the world. What worked? What didn’t work, and why.

We hope you’ll join us.

Michael Rosenblum

For more than 35 years, Michael Rosenblum has been on the cutting edge of the digital video journalism revolution. During this time, he has lead a drive for video literacy, and the complete rethinking of how television is made and controlled. His work has included: The complete transitioning of The BBC's national network (UK) to a VJ-driven model, starting in 2002. The complete conversion of The Voice of America, the United State's Government's broadcasting agency, (and the largest broadcaster in the world), from short wave radio to television broadcasting and webcasting using the VJ paradigm (1998-present). The construction of NYT Television, a New York Times Company, and the largest producer of non-fiction television in the US. Rosenblum was both the founder and President of NYT TV, (all based on this paradigm (1996-1998). The President and Founder of Video News International, a global VJ-driven newsgathering company, with more than 100 journalists around the world. (1993-1996). Other clients include Spectrum News, Verizon and CBS News.

1 Comment
  • Paul October 08, 2008

    It’s interesting to look at the DNA website. Not so long ago this kind of conference/competition would have been a fringe event. But the list of speakers speaks volumes about how seriously vj work is being treated by mainstream media.