Congratulations Matt Gould
Is this all you have to eat? Matt Gould, our old pal, stopped by for dinner. He and his family have left Silver Spring (home of Discovery Networks), and moved to New York, as he starts his new job...
Read moreTravel Channel Academy NY Graduates
Once again, we graduate another class of outstanding new VJs from the TCA. Some of the pieces were just stunning. It never ceases to amaze me what can be accomplished in just 4 days. Congrats to the the class,...
Read moreMoments of Revolution
The power of empowering the masses Today we had a visitor at the Travel Channel Academy. A representative from an O&O in Philadelphia, she said that the local news station was starting to get concerned because The Philadelphia Enquirer...
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We are back in New York for yet another Travel Channel Academy. Joining us here for the session, Lori Rothschild, (above), Executive Producer for Samantha Brown at the Travel Channel. Lori both represents the channel, but is also graduate...
Read moreChop The Carrots
[youtube=<object width=”425″ height=”344″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/d5DQqiWHyaI&hl=en”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/d5DQqiWHyaI&hl=en” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”425″ height=”344″></embed></object>] Want to see what the Travel Channel Academy is like? Here are a few minutes from the ‘5-shot’ lecture. For those of you who have already taken the course, you...
Read moreStoney Goldstein Changes His Life
[youtube=<object width=”425″ height=”344″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/_PdWrQmMDxU&hl=en”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/_PdWrQmMDxU&hl=en” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”425″ height=”344″></embed></object>] As Stoney Goldstein emails me, ‘youtube really sucks’. There is terrible deterioration in the quality of the video, but you’ll still get the idea. Stoney just took our 4-day course...
Read moreWhat are YOU doing this weekend?
44 lucky people are spending this weekend in Washington DC at the Travel Channel Academy, where they’re making a lifelong relationship with a cable broadcasting network and learning an important new skill. And they’re also having a heck of...
Read moreTravel Channel Academy DC
We kick off another 4-day Travel Channel Academy bootcamp with a full house and a team ready to go. For the very first time we are working out of Travel Channel’s new offices in Chevy Chase. Nice!
Read moreWhat’s Your Trip
What’s Your Trip host Andrew Zimmern and EP Sue Norton We’re buried deep in the production of What’s Your Trip. We’ve been busy accumulating videos after the first four shows aired, and now we’ve got more than 300 great...
Read moreThe Newly Liberated
The first tranche of the Travel Channel staff will complete their bootcamp today. It has been a liberating experience for them. Liberating in that they have now been empowered with the tools and the skills to create content in...
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