You may wonder why I get so jazzed about building video content for this site.
It's simple. I am surrounded, by chance or by fate, by wonderful video folks. In the interests of sharing resources (and full disclosure), I'd like to re-introduce my friendly neighborhood video journalists.
My lovely girlfriend Caitlin Shamberg is the multimedia editor at Salon.com. You can see her work at Video Dog. Here's her piece about plastic bag abuse, a cool riff on classic Salon reporting:
My buddy Adam B. Ellick is a video editor at The New York Times, most recently he finished a piece about Russian youth groups with some powerful ties to the government--The Putin Generation.
Finally, my friend Steve Bryant runs ReelPopBlog, providing killer commentary about the video blogosphere.
I'm not just plugging my friends here. The next generation of journalists must understand how a little bit of video can supercharge a piece of reporting. These people are the first responders, paving the way towards our future...