Left Brain, Right Brain and Video
Whose side are you on? My old friend, the late Dr. Leonard Shlain was both a highly accomplished surgeon and an author. He wrote a book that had a lasting influence on my life , The Alphabet vs. The...
Read moreTwo VJ Success Stories
Here’s a look at two VJ success stories from two different VJs at different places in their careers. The first is from Jules Broste, who took the TCA in Colorado on our Ski/Shoot seminars with Vail Resorts. Â Jules has...
Read moreTCA Advanced Courses Kick Off in DC
The hard working Arthur Hsu, liason to the Grads Yesterday we kicked off our first advanced course for the Travel Channel Academy down here in DC at Travel Channel HQ. We had been thinking of running a series of...
Read moreFrom TCA to CNN in One Step
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8ZXCbHKET8[/youtube] Off to a VERY good start In September, artist Eric Afredo took the Travel Channel Academy course in NY. Although he lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, Eric says he wanted to move to NY to ’emmerse [myself] in the...
Read moreTravel Channel Academy DC
Today we started our 4-day intensive Travel Channel Academy bootcamp here at Travel Channel HQ in DC. Network President Pat Younge addressed the group and explained that it was the goal of the network to create an army of...
Read moreTravel Channel Academy – NY
This weekend we’re down at the City University of NY Graduate School of Journalism where we are running another 4-day Travel Channel Academy. Lisa preps the students on the ins and outs of legal releases, (their favorite lecture), as...
Read moreTCA Goes To Sea
Anchors aweigh (away?) Yesterday we signed a deal with Crystal Cruises to run Travel Channel Academy courses at sea! Of course, Cruise Ships seem a pretty logical place to run a Travel Channel Academy. You are, after all, on the...
Read moreSue Norton Wins 3 Emmys
Hat trick at the Emmys last night Susan Norton will be familiar to anyone who has taken the Travel Channel Academy. Â She’s the Executive Producer in charge of the Academy for the Travel Channel and who also runs...
Read moreTravel Channel Academy VJ Hits It Big!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDjJnprA7ys[/youtube] Bradley Nesbitt, VJ for our Verizon station in DC and trainer for Travel Channel Academy courses makes a big hit with his ESPN video. We expect to see Bradly as a regular on ESPN in the near future....
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