Reading about the movement toward TV stations using VJ’s (video jockeys, I mean, journalists) that record and edit their own footage, brought flooding back memories of Max Headroom and Edison Carter (both played by Matt Frewer), pictured here in a shot from Max Headroom – Twenty Minutes Into the Future by Joe Struss. (Copyright for the TV series belongs to Warner Bros., and the Max Headroom character is copyright Channel Four.)

In the article mentioned below, Jon Fine notes that video journalism is being tested at the BBC as well as at Current TV. Also, WKRN is training local bloggers to shoot and prepare video footage to submit to the station.

BusinessWeek: Local TV’s Brave News World by Jon Fine (via Reveries)

Guiding WKRN is Michael Rosenblum, the veteran TV producer-cum-consultant behind a video-production model that’s often abbreviated to "VJ," for video journalist. In a VJ operation, your entire staff — not just reporters — can shoot stories. Your entire staff — not just the editors — can edit news segments, even on laptops while out in the field. You break the old dependence on an operation’s (few) camera crews. In theory, you get more naturalistic programming — think "documentary film," not "reporter stands stiltedly in front of building"…