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new VJ book review

"It’s an excellent overview and, as digital video makers come to appreciate the value of well recorded sound and images and well edited content, I think its value to a…

Published on: 05/24/17 1:00 PM

Published on: 05/17/17 3:43 PM

Roehampton Uni Symposium

Interesting meeting today with around 50 lecturers from the Media Culture and Language Department who were re-examining their advice to students about careers. 4 of us from the Media industry…

Published on: 04/28/17 11:35 AM

Published on: 04/3/17 3:20 PM

Dangers of working as a VJ reporting conflicts

From my Videojournalism book: chapter 2 on Pioneer VJs https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06XNN7N57/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1490003585&sr=1-1&keywords=videojournalism Being a VJ in the field reporting in conflict zones- "you have to question why you're doing it and nothing compares…

Published on: 03/28/17 5:31 PM

Early citizen journalists

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…