NY Post Goes VJ – Is Nat Geo Next?

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The New York Post

Around here we believe that the greatest career opportunities for video are in newspapers and magazines as they transit to iPads and mobile.

iPads and mobile are, by definition, screens.

And screens demand video

What kind of video is a function of what kind of content and readership the newspaper and magazine already have.

Bob Krist, one of National Geographic Magazine’s top photographers is taking the bootcamp this week with USA TODAY.

photo by Bob Krist – NOT The New York Post

The video above, for The Post, was done by Francisco Aliwalas, one of our instructors here at nyvs.

Tiffany Burnett, another of our instructors, is also a VJ for The New York Post.

We’re hoping that after the USA TODAY bootcamp is over, Bob can take us into National Geographic and convince them to start commissioning our VJs.

They probably won’t do car washes, but they might to The Coliseum.

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
  • kenny June 26, 2011

    You know Nat Geo hired Shane Reynolds (VJ for Travel Channel for many years) for a series called Shane Untamed, right? It’s airing now on Nat Geo Wild. Not sure how much of it was actually a VJ type model, since there was certainly a crew that went with him to the four corners of the earth, but I know he initially wowed them with his reel that is totally VJ style.