London to LA Q&A

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Pat Younge, Pres and General Manager of the Travel Channel usually comes to the Travel Channel Academies to address the groups and talk about his vision for 1,000 TJs around the world creating content for the network.

Unfortunately, he is in London this week, but we were able to do an online video conference between the group here at the Bonaventure Westin Hotel in Los Angeles and his home in London.

For 90 uninterrupted minutes, participants in the TCA here in LA got to talk to the network President, as well as to pitch him show concepts.

As anyone in the business will tell you, it isn’t so easy to get a meeting with a network president. But Pat has been very aggressive in opening the tent door to folks with ideas who want to create content for the network.

It worked pretty well. But now everyone is back to editing their pieces.

We screen tomorrow at 3PM

Los Angeles time.

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.

1 Comment
  • Reuben Reynoso November 12, 2007

    Just wanted to say that I really got a lot from the course, and I appreciate the effort and advice you guys provided. It really was awesome how much improvement we all showed from day 1 to day 4. Looking forward to more courses and future collaborations.