How Chuck Fadely is Changing the World of Newspapervideo

Miami Herald Video Maven

I started reading Chuck Fadely’s video missives a few years ago when I signed up for his Yahoo group, Newspapervideo.

I was so impressed, I brought him to Brussels to speak at our annual Digital News Affairs (DNA) conference.

I was impressed then and I am even more impressed now.

Chuck is the head of the visual news team at The Miami Herald.

Fadely has spent more than 20 years at the Miami Herald as a photographer and and picture editor. But his real claim to fame is that he was one of the first to catch the video wave and to own it.  He now has four full-time and three part-time videographes. And a string of awards.

He has also built an impressive online videographer community and he knows his stuff.

Yesterday, The Poynter Institute annouced that video is now the second biggest driver of traffic to the web for The Miami Herald.

This is in no small measure due to Chuck’s dedication to the craft and his understanding of what people want to see.

Earlier this year, the paper produced its first full-length documentary, Nou Bouke, about Haiti. It aired on 70 PBS stations nationally.

If you have an interest in a career as a working newspaper videojournalist – a realitvely new position, I would urge you to sign up for Chuck’s newsgroup.

Michael Rosenblum

For more than 30 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.