TCA Los Angeles

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41 New Travel Journalists start in Los Angeles this morning

On the heels of the successful Travel Channel Academy in New York, we start another TCA in Los Angeles.

We are at the Westin Bonaventure hotel in Downtown LA, and this morning sent out 41 potential new Travel Journalists (TJs) into the wilds of Los Angeles to shoot their first stories.

Each one is equipped with a Sony HC7 High Def video camera, an Apple  Macbook Pro loaded with Final Cut Pro.

The most interesting thing for us is the very wide spectrum of backgrounds on the people who are taking the course. They run the spectrum from 20 year old students to retired university professors and a few former investment bankers and  a smattering of studio employees who are fed up with the studio system. Very interesting. Equally interesting is that the median age is probably in the mid 30s and higher.

There are even a few couples who are making a big leap and heading off around the world, video cameras in hand.

Very very interesting.

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.