Travel Channel Academy 3

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Travel Channel Pres Pat Younge with Student Sylvia Bahr

Day 3 at the Travel Channel Academy here at Discovery HQ in Silver Spring, Md.

The students are all out shooting their second pieces. We cut yesterday and screened last night. The stuff looks great. I am delighted with the results, as is Travel Channel President Pat Younge. He sees this as a content source both for the web and for broadcast, and a way to find new talent for the Channel.

We are projecting to take more than 1000 students in the next year, with locations in NY, LA, DC and several others. Its a great chance to learn an important new skill, as well as to meet with execs from Travel and Discovery.

Yesterday, Michael Klein, VP and head of development for Travel Channel met with the group to talk about what the Channel is looking for going forward.

Channel president Pat Younge is down here all the time, sitting with participants and reviewing and commenting on their work one-on-one. You just don’t get this kind of attention anywhere. (Try getting a meeting with a cable channel president at all).

Below, some images from the our 3rd class:

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Michael Rosenblum

For more than 30 years, Michael Rosenblum has been on the cutting edge of the digital video journalism revolution. During this time, he has lead a drive for video literacy, and the complete rethinking of how television is made and controlled. His work has included: The complete transitioning of The BBC's national network (UK) to a VJ-driven model, starting in 2002. The complete conversion of The Voice of America, the United State's Government's broadcasting agency, (and the largest broadcaster in the world), from short wave radio to television broadcasting and webcasting using the VJ paradigm (1998-present). The construction of NYT Television, a New York Times Company, and the largest producer of non-fiction television in the US. Rosenblum was both the founder and President of NYT TV, (all based on this paradigm (1996-1998). The President and Founder of Video News International, a global VJ-driven newsgathering company, with more than 100 journalists around the world. (1993-1996). Other clients include Spectrum News, Verizon and CBS News.

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  • Cindy July 31, 2007

    What an experience it was attending the Travel Channel Academy! Being able to meet with such a creative team is rare in the industry. The Travel Channel is on the forefront of changing television as we see it now! Thank you!

  • werner July 30, 2007

    It would be intersting with each students works to also post of their previous experiences with cameras or editing.

  • rosenblumtv July 30, 2007

    I am limited to Youtube and have asked Travel Channel to post the student work on Youtube so I can then post it here. Please stand by…

  • Dave July 30, 2007

    Thanks Cliff.

  • Cliff Etzel July 30, 2007

    It is easily done with any of the flash video plugins available for wordpress, but if you aren’t hosting your own website, you basically are limited to youtube I believe. I host my own website running wordpress and utilize brightcove for any video files as the encode via their publishpod is much cleaner and the interface more user friendly.

  • werner July 30, 2007

    why not to show some of the video instead of words and pictures of the students? This will be the most simple way to show the genuine nature.

  • Cliff Etzel July 30, 2007

    Dave – I believe they are SONY HC7 cameras…

  • Dave July 30, 2007

    Michael,

    Can you tell me what cameras you’re using in these Academy shots?

    I ask because it looks a little like the CanonHV20. I’m leaning towards the HV20 as a decent camera for web-only video.