Recommended blogs to follow as a video journalist

My RSS-reader got quite a lot new sources regarding online video/video journalism. Here are a few blogs that I think are worth following when you're interested in (online) video journalism:

1. Adam Westbrook

Regularly blogging about online video & entrepreneurial journalism, offering a lot of helpful posts and in my opinion a must in a VJ's feed reader.

2. Mastering Multimedia

Blog of multimedia producer Colin Mulvany, not regularly updated but nevertheless a great source to learn about multimedia, especially online video.

3. Multimediashooter

Very interesting and helpful blog about multimedia (with a lot of posts regarding video), also offering tutorials and podcasts.

4. KobreChannel

Blog by Prof. Ken Kobre (teaching photojournalism) and editor Jerry Lazar about visual journalism. Unfortunately not regularly updated, however, worth a regular visit is the main site "KobreGuide to the Web's Best Multimedia & Video Journalism", introducing picked videos and audio-slideshows, mainly from major media sites, that are worth watching according to the publishers of the KobreGuide.

5. IM Video Journalism

Blog of award-winning and innovative video journalist David Dunkley Gyimah, who has trained VJs around the world.

6. DSLR News Shooter

Anyone shooting with a DSLR should definitely bookmark photo- & video journalist Dan Chung's page.

7. NewspaperVideo

Blog of award-winning videographer Chuck Fadely, unfortunately last updated a year ago, but with a lot of "old" posts definitely worth reading.

8. iVideocracy

Same here, this blog about video journalism was last updated a year ago, however worth hoping for a new post and going trough the old ones.

9. Michael Rosenblum

No VJ - blog list without Michael Rosenblum, the "father of video journalism" .

10. Cindy Green

Videojournalist Cindy Green blogging about her profession.

11. NewsVideographer

Multimedia Journalist Angela Morris' posts cover a broad range of topics on online video journalism, e.g. ethics, shooting, editing, conferences & contests, but also takes a critical look at videos published by other journalists.

12. Online Journalism Blog

No (online) journalist should miss following Paul Bradshaw's blog.

13. Online Video Journalism Blog

Eight broadcast journalism students @London City University blogging about Online Video Journalism

For all German VJs I'd recommend Roman Mischel's Blog, who also blogs with VJ Markus Böhnisch on videojournalismus.net . Moreover I'd recommend "VJ-Wissen für die Fernsehpraxis" and a very interesting German blog about online journalism in general.

Here's also a list I created on Twitter regarding online video journalism (which will hopefully be growing).

More blogs/Twitter accounts I should follow? Give me the link :)

What's the role of online video in the newsroom of the future?

This question is asked by the "Carnival of Journalism", calling other bloggers to answer it. My answer is pretty much linked to videojournalism. 

One of my favorite quotes is to be found on the homepage of the Rosenblum Institute, it says: 

"Small digital video cameras are the gutenberg's printing presses of the 21st century."

A few years ago, I already knew that I wanted to be a journalist, but never thought to be filming on my own. When I started my 2-years-trainee at a regional TV station in Germany, I had to. All the journalists there are shooting videos at the same time (and cutting their footage on their own afterwards). So now I am a videojournalist and I have to say: I love it. I'm aware of the fact that many people think that video journalism also means less quality. But I don't think so. Of course videojournalists are normally both not trained as a professional camera man and a professional cutter. Nevertheless I think they are able to report on a high level. 

In my opinion, this form of journalism will more and more be playing an important role in newsrooms. Not only because of cutting costs but also because of their flexibility and a motto, which is often linked to videojournalism: "Go out and find a story." This motto could then also be realised by people, who are normally not working as journalists, but just found a story that a newspaper/tv station/online medium could be interested in. Videojournalism, in my opinion, isn't just restricted to online publishing, tv stations could also broadcast the work of vjs, some already do.

In general I also think that online video publishing itself will get more and more important, as the audience may not only want to read about some happening, but also see it in a video. So I think in the future newsrooms, online videos won't be something special, but pretty important and common. 

And perhaps, at the same time, the videojournalist will.