Videojournalist in England
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyT__Z8sCAs] In 1993, on the heels of NY1, I was invited to London to help build the London version of NY1, Channel 1. It was the brainchild of the very far-thinking Sir David English and his Associated Newspaper group....
Read moreNY1 – 15 Years Later
Many thanks to Ed Sharpe who makes me aware of this story. NY1 celebrates it’s 15th year. And it’s still a VJ station and still going strong. Digitalcontentproducer.com celebrates the event. Read it here. It is hard to believe...
Read moreabc news adds 2 more vjs
Our loyal correspondent from Fox News makes me aware of ABC news’ decision to add two more VJ bureaus to its original 7. They don’t call them VJs, they call then Digital Correspondents – just like at KGTV in...
Read moreNBC News says ‘hello" to the VJ
This was in this morning’s NY Times. A half-page ad on page E4. Looks like NBC News is dipping their toe in VJ training. Maybe more than it’s dipping. It offers a full year program ($34,000 tuition). I am...
Read morePutting the U back in UGC
Today we begin open our first New York based Travel Channel Academy bootcamp. We are now running these in NY, DC and LA. (next week, we’ll go back to LA). The appetite for this seems pretty limitless, (and at...
Read moreNews Out of Spokane
He made the leap… The transition from crews to VJs is going slowly at TV stations, but it is on fire in the newspaper world.
Read moreMark The Date
DNA2008 The first European based Digital News Conference dedicated to the VJ Revolution.
Read moreMore from Verizon – Colby Hartburg
Colby Hartburg – Verizon Hyperlocal VJ All pieces shot, written, produced, edited, voiced, researched and reported by Colby in one day. [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=QyKSfhQRrPM] – behind the scenes as Mount Vernon restores a historic building [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=VhODYa5cGAY] – a look at an...
Read moreMore From Verizon Hyperlocal
All of these shot, written, edited, tracked and produced in 1-day turns by VJ Aaron Rocket. More to come from the team… [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=6GAdl1K6Kcs] [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=VC91DdC_vvc] [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hawksb807io] [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=liaFk5cdvSI]
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