BBC3 – Roger and Rwanda – 10 Years After

BBC iPlayer does not embed  -sorry

Last night BBC3 ran Roger: Genocide Baby at 9PM.

It was pretty good.

It must have cost them a fair amount to make.

I would embed it here, but they don’t allow that, so here’s the link instead.

Check it out.

Watching it, I thought I recognized Roger.

I was right.

Ten years ago, one of our VJ trainees at the BBC VJ Video bootcamp did exactly the same story.

With Roger.

The only difference was, she did the story by herself.

With a Sony Z1 (I think) and a laptop.

Here it is:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzIX5Aonw3M&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
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.