Practising Videojournalism (Paperback - 2008)

If you are excited by the possibilities of videojournalism then this is the book for you.
In a world where newspapers have websites running video, broadcasters are offering programming online, independent internet channels are springing up and companies want to run video on the web, the moving image is central to the ways in which we communicate. This essential text explains how to combine your writing ability with video skills and gives practical advice on the whole filming process. From researching and pitching ideas, to filming using a small video camera, this text gives invaluable tips on framing shots, doing pieces to camera and interviewing. A further section looks at editing, how to organise material and the use of software by independents.
Videojournalists working in broadcast newsgathering offer advice on filming and working practices and for the first time you can learn about the history of videojournalism. Vivien Morgan discusses the importance of 1989 as a turning point when journalists picked up small video cameras and went out to document turbulent events throughout the world, leading to the birth of a new style of newsgathering: intimate, portable, quick and economic.
Looking to the future, the book provides valuable guidance on how to work with new media, defining blogging, podcasting RSS feeds, user-generated content and mobile videocasting.

Morgan has over 25 years' experience in broadcast TV and print media. She is a pioneer of videojournalism for TV news, as well as being a producer/director on the first dedicated Business TV programme. She has taught broadcast and videojournalism, writing for news and new media at a number of UK universities. She currently works as a Communication Project Consultant and Media Trainer.