VJ School Hamburg Launches Its First Video Journalism Training Course

More newspaper and online editors will produce video content for editorial websites in future. VJ School Hamburg now offers intensive introductory training in video journalism.

Demand for editorial video content for internet and multimedia applications is steadily increasing. Whether it is news footage on online portals or films for presentations, a film often says more than a thousand words.

The programme begins with a three-day seminar from 10 to 12 October, led by experienced television and video journalist Philipp Schild of Hessischer Rundfunk. Schild was trained as a video journalist by VJ pioneer Michael Rosenblum.

During the three-day seminar, participants learn all the fundamentals needed to produce a video-journalism report independently: from planning and preparation through shooting and editing to writing and voice-over. Practical work is always the central focus.

VJ School Hamburg is an initiative by Knut Ingwersen, Managing Director of Deutschlandreporter.de; journalist Christian Meyer; filmmaker Peter Redlinger; and Ulf Grüner of Service für Medien and publisher of the Web Video Handbook.

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