Cyndy Green
Freelance VJ sites
The blessing and bane of being a VJ is getting paid to do what you love. If you’re lucky, you have a staff job with an understanding news director or editor who knows that you will give your all if s/he treats you right. That means a living wage and a reasonable amount of time Read More →
Skateboarding in the sky…
Do a favor get a surprise in the end. So I helped an old friend out by shooting a few stories on his wilder youth flying P38s in WWII. For some reason he felt he owed me and today was payback. I got to go up in an airplane! Now I’ve been up in everything Read More →
Lesson Plans Available!
OK…so this is totally shameless self-promotion. Larry Nance and I have completed the first edition of the Teacher’s Supplement to The Basics of Videojournalism. This 90 page coil bound book will soon be available at the Journalism Education Association Bookstore. Contents include more than thirty lesson plans for teachers to instruct budding VJs, as well Read More →
Timeless advice…
…it never changes. The process of creating a visual story that is. Larry Nance and I are merrily working on our tome, The Basics of Videojournalism when what should appear online but some helpful hints for visual shooters. Trouble is – they’re more than ninety-five years out of date. Or are they? Thanks to Amanda Read More →
b-roll hack
Cameragod down under came up with a novel concept to booster the rep of one of my favorite sites – b-roll. (b-roll is the go-to site for broadcast news cameramen to discuss gear, gossip and more.) Here is his tip – and a great one it is. I would never have thought of this. And Read More →
Looking for stories…
…is the name of a site I was directed to this week. While the concept may not be original (one story a week) the execution is amazing. Joan Planas and Ana Salva’ have a vision of producing a story a week focusing on people. Plain people who have stories to tell that educate and inform Read More →
There be Dragons!
Love this crawling quote on my husband’s computer: “It’s not that we say dragons are real…but we say they can be beaten…” Dragons being, of course, totally (ahem) imaginary creatures that lurk in fairy tales and in the backs of our minds. Well in the back of my mind lately there’s been a desire to Read More →