Radio Free Europe goes VJ

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Prague… home to RFE

We are here in Prague to kick off our first VJ training bootcamp with Radio Free Europe.

While RFE is headquartered in Prague, its work today takes place in locations like Kazakhstan or Turkemenstan.

And journalists from across Central Asia and the former Soviet Republics are gathered here at the Prague headquarters to start their conversion to Videojournalism, and becoming digital/video journalists.

We’re delighted to work with RFE and the dedicated journalists who endeavour to cover stories in countries where a free press is not a given.

As well, we’re delighted that RFE has elected to move into the digital age with us.

We’ll keep you posted on the progress. But heading our course here is Tim French, a longtime trainer with us, and of late, head of VJ training at the Los Angeles Times.  It was a long flight from LA to Prague last night, but well worth the trip.

Tim is joined by our trainer, Yaroslav Kofman who will be doing all his VJ training in Russian.

Michael Rosenblum

For more than 30 years, Michael Rosenblum has been on the cutting edge of the digital video journalism revolution. During this time, he has lead a drive for video literacy, and the complete rethinking of how television is made and controlled. His work has included: The complete transitioning of The BBC's national network (UK) to a VJ-driven model, starting in 2002. The complete conversion of The Voice of America, the United State's Government's broadcasting agency, (and the largest broadcaster in the world), from short wave radio to television broadcasting and webcasting using the VJ paradigm (1998-present). The construction of NYT Television, a New York Times Company, and the largest producer of non-fiction television in the US. Rosenblum was both the founder and President of NYT TV, (all based on this paradigm (1996-1998). The President and Founder of Video News International, a global VJ-driven newsgathering company, with more than 100 journalists around the world. (1993-1996). Other clients include Spectrum News, Verizon and CBS News.

2 Comments
  • Michael Rosenblum February 23, 2009

    Hey, seriously, I heard that WCBS only gets 17,000 viewers for their early evening news and WNBC gets 31,000. Is this possible? Can those be the numbers? Seems a bit hard to believe. Any ideas?

  • $ February 23, 2009

    Wonderful!

    Another government funded group goes VJ!

    It’s a good thing they don’t have to rely on actual viewers to supply their paychecks! 😉