Citizen Journalism Blog

Occasionally…it is fun to check Youtube and hunt for our own videos. Normally, when we citizen journalists go for some public events, there are plenty of other video cameras around. So, the chances of us being in their shots are high.

I find it so fun to stumble upon other videos and find myself in their videos. Below is a video taken from Youtube. I didn’t know I looked so bored! (minute 1:20 and later one minute 2:10 onwards)

Meanwhile, this is the video from me at the same event. I have prepared my questions much earlier and had emailed to the Exco member because I demanded to know what happened to Gurney Drive. It is a good idea to let our subjects know in advance that we are going to ask ‘hard questions’ so that they are better prepared. Otherwise, they will give cliche and meaningless answers.

I have also changed the sequence of the event because my focus was the Q&A followed by the sight of children involved in environment conservation and I concluded with the CM’s speech (though it was the first item of the program).

I am happy to find the video from someone else because it gives me a glimpse of myself when I was concentrating on video filming. I had also found several videos on Kampung Buah Pala where I was in the thick of the action.

Remember, have some ’shiok sendiri’ (ego boosting) moments to make video journalism fun.