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The traditional model of video news reporting has always had two separate roles: reporting and videography. For years, however, small-market news outlets have relied on “one-man bands”—individual reporters who shoot and edit their own video—for stories and footage. Lately, as the journalism landscape has evolved, this controversial practice has grown more and more popular. With the use of video constantly expanding, many large-market TV stations, networks, and newspaper Web sites are relying on one person to carry out a job formerly executed by two. News outlets now call these contributors VJs, digital journalists, backpack journalists, or mobile journalists. But no matter what they are called, there’s no denying the growing significance of solo videojournalists to the media landscape. __Going Solo: Doing Videojournalism in the 21st Century__ details the controversy, history, and rise of this news genre, but its main objective is to show aspiring videojournalists how to learn the craft. While other textbooks depict the conventional reporter-and-videographer model, __Going Solo__ innovates by teaching readers how to successfully juggle the skills traditionally required of

Who reads Going Solo: Doing Videojournalism in the 21st Century (Volume 1)?

Author

G. Stuart Smith

Publisher

University of Missouri Press ; Eurospan [distributor

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780826219237

Category

reference

Subjects

Photography, Literary Fiction, Arts

Rating

5 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14