WEEK 9 – Who needs television… video blogging is here!
This week’s informative blog introduced me to five vlogs of varying worth… and made me seriously question why I put up with crappy commercial television every night (aside from the ABC, of course. I’d never knock my beloved ABC).
I adored the Alive in Baghdad vlog, which puts faces to the statistics bandied about on the news every night. This citizen journalism project is first-class and worth a look.
Likewise, MobuzzTV impressed me with its slick, TV-news-style production. The only difference? The content was actually interesting and not at all predictable like the daily news bulletins.
I thought Ask a Ninja was stupid, Wine Library TV didn’t appeal to me and Rocketboom loaded poorly with stilted images (but interesting and satirical content).
This small taste of vlogs really opened my eyes to the wide variety of high-quality video information out there. It seems online video is gaining speed as a story-telling medium, which I reckon spells good news for journalism. I’m all for an even playing field!
– Koren
PS – I decided to give vlogging a go. In the spirit of mojos, I used my Nokia 61-something. Unfortunately its measly two megapixel camera compromised the quality and I’m sure Jennifer Woodard Maderazo would hate me for introducing yet another crappy quality, not very interesting vlog to the world.
But here it is, if you can bear it…
