Travel Channel Academy DC

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Back to school in September….

This morning we are kicking off a whole new Travel Channel Academy here in DC.

On the heels of the Radio Free Europe session in Prague, (and starting with GSA.gov in DC in two weeks), it’s nice to be working with non-journalists. (Not that I have anything against professional journalists, God forbid!).

Travel Channel President and GM Pat Younge was here this morning, explaining that the whole Academy concept is the core of the future of the Travel Channel.

And why not?

My brother-in law, Ted Savaglio, is a producer at MSNBC.  Walking home after the Obama speech last night, he saw a guy breaking into a car on Manhattan’s upper east side.

He dialed 911 and in a moment, the cops were there.  Ted reports that the guy tried to hide in the car, but the cops got him.

Nice.

Too bad he didn’t have a flipcam with him.  A nice local news story.

At Travel Channel Academy, we’re equipping thousands (literally) of Travel Channel viewers to carry small cameras where ever they go, and teaching them how to tell compelling stories for the channel.

Of course, you don’t always get a guy breaking into a car.

But then again… suppose we were to do an MSNBC Academy?

Can someone forward this to Steve Capus?

Michael Rosenblum

For more than 35 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
  • Elletra September 10, 2009

    Get ready for an exhausting few days, good luck and dmtfc or else 😉