Back to DC
We left Nevis with plenty of time. You have to take a boat from Nevis to St. Kitts, which is where the airport is. The country is made up of two islands, Nevis and St. Kitts. As I say,...
Read moreMy Own TV Show
David Besemer was a student at the Travel Channel Academy in Santa Barbara last year. He produced one of the better videos, a profile of a small marina ferry and its captain. I had no idea when he took the course...
Read moreTC Academy New York
Today we conclude another session of the Travel Channel Academy in NY. This afternoon, we will certify another 40 gradautes of the Academy. We have sessions scheduled for 2009 in NY, DC and Santa Barbara, but places are already...
Read moreThe Academy – DC
Yesterday, fresh from the flight from London (and what a terrible airport Dulles is), we kicked off the DC training academy. Forty more asipring Videojournalists started the four-day intensive course in video literacy and prepared to join the digital...
Read moreTravel Channel Academy Santa Barbara
It is hard to believe that four days have gone by so quickly. But the results were great, and everyone learned a lot. There are now forty new certified Travel Channel Academy Journalists, and as VP Sue Norton explained...
Read moreTravel Channel Academy New York
Once again, we are back in NY to kick off another Academy. 40 folks from as far away as Maui and England have come together in NY for 4 days that will change their lives.
Read moreA Soldier’s Story
[youtube=[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj41zkUuGCc&hl=en&fs=1] Pat Lafferty is an old marine. He’s also Chief Creative Officer at The Travel Channel. Pat Younge, President and GM for the Travel Channel has instructed that all 250 employees of the Channel take the 4-day TCA Bootcamp...
Read moreEmpowering Women – Real Reality
One of the most important aspects of the Video Revolution is the empowerment of women. When I first started working at WCBS News in NY, there was one camerawoman on the staff. She was considered something of an oddity...
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