Houseguest of the Week

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Lilly in background, top of Ossie’s head in foreground…

This is the Labor Day weekend, so we have a house full of guests.

One of our guests is Gary Younge, the NY based correspondent and columnist for The Guardian, the British newspaper.

Gary arrived with his wife Tara, their 6-month old son Ossie and a laptop. As soon as he arrived he asked if we had wifi and plugged in the laptop.

Then he proceeded to show me the most recent video he had shot.

He was in New Hampshire covering McCain’s faltering campaign. He writes columns for a living, but now he also shoots video and has started a vlog for the Guardian.

The Guardian is probably the most aggressive newspaper in the world for its move into the world of online, both text and video. The Washington Post is a close second.

His video was not bad – for a print guy.

Gary tells me that The Guardian is going to start a USA only edition to be called Guardian America.

This is not so unusual. A few months ago we were invited to the 10th anniversary party of the Financial Times USA edition.

This is the unusual part: Guardian America is going to be entirely online.

No print at all.

And journalists like Gary are gearing up to work in text and video for the online edition.

Interesting.

He is working on the video.. and on a bottle of Pouilly Fume.

I’m happy to help with both.

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.

1 Comment
  • peter September 04, 2007

    video on guardian.com? I have never seen any….