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Early citizen journalists
The first widespread use of the Hi-8 camera in features as opposed to news came in 1993 with the BBC programme called Video Nation. It showed “video diaries” shot by…Published on: 03/21/17 2:42 PM
Helping local school for BBC School Report
St Philip Howard School in Barnham Sussex prepared for another year of joining the BBC School Report Day. It meant putting together a radio programme and they were good at…Published on: 03/21/17 2:24 PM
Details of my new VJ book
Out on Amazon now for just £7.99. My book is an updated version of the first edition. The only book to detail the birth of videojournalism, the social and political…Published on: 03/21/17 2:02 PM
My new book published on Videojournalism!
Published on: 11/25/16 4:11 PM
Interview with Jim Grice, London Live News Editor on using VJs
The strengths of a VJ operation are that we can gather much more material than in a traditional way (i.e. using crews)- send VJs out from event to event all…Published on: 09/10/16 4:54 PM
journalists:active or passive?
My dialogue with others on the role of journalists continues: "I'm glad we agree on some of the basic principles of journalism. Reporting solutions is fine- if they are reports…Published on: 09/2/16 3:15 PM
the debate continues re role of journalists
This from Jason Brown Hi Vivien, thanks for your feedback on my comment. If I may clarify, I'm not suggesting that journalists abandon their role as observers. 'Let the reader…Published on: 08/31/16 9:24 AM
Should journalists be active or passive?
This is my contribution to the debate open on the communication Initiative's website re the role of journalists especially those reporting on world crises.Some contributors believe that a journalist is…Published on: 07/18/16 2:06 PM