If the future of the newspaper is in jeopardy because of the blogosphere, video logs could be their visual equivalent, the next step in citizens' journalism that may eventually bring down national network news and programming, so Jeff Jarvis postulates on Buzzmachine. In his continued coverage of "exploding TV," Jarvis cites an article by Chris Anderson, Wired editor-in-chief on The Long Tail, which predicts (and seems to be in favor of) the end of broadcast journalism as we know it thanks to new video technology. Jarvis emphasizes that cheap equipment and easy-to-use technology are making it possible for anyone to create credible video. The combination of Bandwith, BitTorrent, RSS and Broadband are making distribution of this video simple. And, as witnessed with the tsunami disaster, blogs are making it easy to search the video. With all of this power in the hands of the public, Jarvis has a strong conviction that network television will soon be outdated, as anyone will be able to create their own program for everyone to see online without time restraints, complicated contracts, and advertising.
Source: Buzzmachine with links to new vlog sites, Vloggercon and RocketBoom
