Hans Rosling Marries Statistics to Video

By Michael Rosenblum
on December 3, 2010
in Video

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo&feature=BF&list=QL&index=1[/youtube]

People often ask “OK – I can see video for a dying dog or a kid with AIDS, but how do you handle non visual things like economics stories or statistics?

Here, Swedish economist Hans Roslings and BBC4 give a pretty compelling example.

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.