video journalism
News through cameras
Video journalism is news reporting in which a single person shoots, edits, and often narrates their own footage, rather than working with a separate camera crew and editor.
The practice emerged with portable video equipment and expanded dramatically with online platforms: She built her career in video journalism covering local politics for YouTube.
A video journalist is sometimes called a VJ.
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- correspondentJournalist covering distant events
- live coverageBroadcasting events as they occur
- newscastBroadcast of current events
- on-airCurrently being broadcast
teleprompter · studio · satellite · transmission · control room · network · field report · remote
Real-time digital delivery
- vloggingSelf-filmed online diary
- YouTubeVideo-sharing website
- content creationMaking shareable digital material
- webcastStreamed online transmission
social media · uploading · monetization · thumbnails · analytics · engagement · platforms · TikTok
Image capturing device
- footageRecorded video material
- editingRefining content for clarity
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
- shootingDischarging a weapon
microphone · lighting · tripod · framing · cutaway · sequence · audio · color grading
Unabridged in presentation
- featureDistinguishing quality or element
- cinéma véritéNaturalistic documentary approach
- narrativeAccount of events
- ethnographySystematic study of peoples
archive footage · voiceover · subject · interview · docuseries · character-driven · immersive · observational
Investigative journalism piece
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- watchdogGuard or monitor
fact-checking · deep dive · corruption · leak · probe · sting operation · hidden camera · FOIA
anchor
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- correspondentJournalist covering distant events
- live coverageBroadcasting events as they occur
- newscastBroadcast of current events
on-air · teleprompter · studio · satellite · transmission · control room · network · field report · remote · bureau
streaming
Real-time digital delivery
- vloggingSelf-filmed online diary
- YouTubeVideo-sharing website
- content creationMaking shareable digital material
webcast · social media · uploading · monetization · thumbnails · analytics · engagement · platforms · TikTok · Instagram
camera
Image capturing device
- footageRecorded video material
- editingRefining content for clarity
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
shooting · microphone · lighting · tripod · framing · cutaway · sequence · audio · color grading · graphics
long-form
Unabridged in presentation
- featureDistinguishing quality or element
- cinéma véritéNaturalistic documentary approach
- narrativeAccount of events
ethnography · archive footage · voiceover · subject · interview · docuseries · character-driven · immersive · observational · human interest
exposé
Investigative journalism piece
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
watchdog · fact-checking · deep dive · corruption · leak · probe · sting operation · hidden camera · FOIA · public records
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
- digital journalismonline news, digital media, digital platforms, e-newspapers, online editions
- war mediawar films, war footage, war correspondents, war correspondent, war reporting
video journalismprint journalism
News published on paper
print media · radio journalism · photojournalism · newspaper
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