Is This The Future of Video Journalism?

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News meets hip hop through video… maybe

Yesterday we looked at the top ten video series on the web for the month of October.

The astonishing thing about them was that they are almost all derivatives of music videos – in one way or another.

A lot of them, in fact, were ‘news’ recut and mashed up – like the endless repeats of Charles Rangel speaking before his censure vote in Congress.

Weird

And interesting.

Now I have found Steinski and Coldcut.

Steinski (Steve* Stein) is a video mashup artist.  Coldcut is a British dance music duo made up of Matt Black and Jonathan Moore.

We generally talk about creating original shooting and original material, but the mash up of archival material is becoming increasingly interesting – particularly when it marries historical, political or news footage to hip hop rhythms.

The introduction of political images into video is evocative of the introduction of political material into art in the 1960s.

This Warhol print of Jackie Kennedy at Dallas sold on November 11th of his year for $1,082,500

Yes.

No kidding

So.. off to the archives!

*Thanks to John Carluccio for the fix

NOTE: A CORRECTION FROM STEVE STEIN (STEINSKI)

“Michael –

Thanks for the kind words about the video; there have been several over the years, including one (early on) that I was involved with. Other than that, I’m responsible only for the track (which preceded any video by many years) – Mr. Darren is the one responsible for the video on your website.

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.