Video Journalism

The New York Times Debuts Regular Live Web Programming (video)

Andy Plesser | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Business News, Video Journalism, Journalism, Larry Ingrassia, The New York Times, Video, Media News
Andy Plesser

The New York Times, which produces about 70 original videos per month, launched its first regularly scheduled live program this week. The 6-minute We...

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ABC News Reports "Limitless Demand" for Video News -- But the Challenge Is How to Scale Content

Andy Plesser | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Paul Slavin, Beet.TV, Video Journalism, ABC News, Media News
Andy Plesser

Video news is being consumed by more people than ever before. The challenge, says Paul Slavin, is to create more video that is inexpensive, economical and high quality.

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Video: A Canon Still Camera is a "Game Changer" for Video Journalism, the AP's Kevin Roach

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Associated Press, Video Journalism, Journalism, Canon Cameras, Media News
Andy Plesser

WASHINGTON -- Increasing numbers of film makers and videographers are using a "still" camera to create video images of extraordinary quality.  T...

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The AP has 652 Million YouTube Views; MSNBC.com Has Record 158 Million Views in Jan: The Golden Age of Video News is Now

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Associated Press, Beet.TV, Video, Video Journalism, Online Video, Media News
Andy Plesser

While audiences for the networks news nightly newscasts have vastly shrunk and cable news nets have maintained which might called a niche audience, ...

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Financial Times Ramps Up Online Video Efforts with London Studio, Expanded Staffing in New York and Hong Kong

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Washington Post, Video Journalism, Financial TImes, Beet.TV, Media News
Andy Plesser

The Financial Times is expanding its efforts around online video with a new television studio in its London headquarters, new video staffers in its N...

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BLOGWATCH> New York Times' Lens Blog Captivates With Photographic Selections

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Video Journalism, Photo, Black and White Photography, Color Photography, Documentary Photography, Slidepollajax, Digital Photography, Film, New York Times Blog, Journalism, Political Art, Documentary-Photography, Arts News

The line separating fine art and photo journalism can be a very fine one; when an artist manages beautifully document a scene while maintaining a jour...

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The Revolution Will Be Televised: Oscar-pick Burma VJ Airs on HBO

James Rotondi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burma Human Rights, Video Journalism, State Control, Burma Protests, Civil Disobedience, Myanmar Junta, George Orwell, State Oppression, Theravada Buddhist, Burma, George Orwell 1984, Aung San Suu Kyi House Arrest, Tiananmen Square, Aung San Suu Kyi Detention, Burma Monks, Aung San Suu Kyi, Video, Buddhist Monks Mynamar, Burma Junta, Human Rights, Tibet Protests, Democratic Voice of Burma, Human Rights Watch, Saffron Revolution, Myanmar, Myanmar Protests, Buddhism, Totalitarianism, Dvb, Burma Campaign UK, Rangoon, The Co-Operative, HBO Documentaries, Freedom of the Press, Asian Politics, Freedom, Buddhist Monks, Asian Countries, Freedom of Speech, Television Documentary, Anders Ostergaard, Television, Danish Film, Impact News
James Rotondi

If the totalitarian nightmare portrayed in George Orwell's 1984 strikes you as an implausible portrait of state control and repression, a single viewi...

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Video: For TIME.com, the Video is Part of the Story

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Time.com, Blackberry, American Express, Video Journalism, Media News
Andy Plesser

Time.com has been building out its video library with a clear goal in mind: taking people to places they can't go without the video.

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What Obama Will Do for Africa: A Conversation with Salim Amin

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Muslim World, Video Journalism, Salim Amin, Last King of Scotland, Cuban Missile Crisis, Somalia, News Xchange, Media, Arab World, Reuters, Ethiopia, Gordon Brown, Saudi Arabia, Zanzibar, Mohamed Amin, Ethiopian Famine, Tanzania, Bob Geldof, Danny Glover, Africa, Somali Pirates, Palestine, Barack Obama, Tom Brokaw, New Media, Israel, Sudan, India, Julius Nyerere, Kenya, Idi Amin, Rwanda, a24, World News
Mayhill Fowler

At the News Xchange international broadcast conference... I talked with Salim Amin, a Kenyan and the founder of A24 Media, Africa's first online agency for video and photography.

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