Chilling in the NBC Universal Blogger LoungeI’m sitting here inside the NBCU Blogger Lounge at CES and I gotta say, NBC is really doing something amazing here. They’ve taken one part showing off and two parts new media and combined it into something remarkable.
NBC Universal is giving us space on one of their stages along with the likes of the MSNBC mainstays to do a live show here in 45 minutes. (Tune in at ces.revision3.com at 1 pm PST!) Needless to say, we feel a lot bigger than we actually are. But the fact that NBC as set aside a significant part of their floor space for new media makes me, personally, think of the company in a completely different light. NBC Universal is actually acknowledging the presence of new media independent producers and working with them. This is definitely a first.
So for those of you guys looking for jobs in new media come this summer, send a letter to NBC Universal!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kelly Sutton is a software engineer at
blip.tv
in New York City. During his days at
Loyola Marymount University
, he founded HackCollege. He earned degrees in film production and computer science (and took a fifth year).
Kelly started
HackCollege
in August of 2006. While in school, Kelly was involved in Crimson Circle, a service organization at LMU; played on
Laser Squad Bravo
, the campus improv team; ran the underground media outlet,
Fuck Yeah LMU
; and taught LMU's first
Web video class
and held odd jobs around campus throughout his tenure.
Kelly started
HackCollege
in August of 2006. While in school, Kelly was involved in Crimson Circle, a service organization at LMU; played on
Laser Squad Bravo
, the campus improv team; ran the underground media outlet,
Fuck Yeah LMU
; and taught LMU's first
Web video class
and held odd jobs around campus throughout his tenure.
Kelly held some pretty awesome internships throughout college at
Automatic Duck
,
Revision3
and
blip.tv.
He is quite the weird guy. He sold all of his possessions through his site,
Cult of Less
. The world apparently cared, along with the BBC, NBC Nightly News, CBC and Der Spiegel.
Kelly is also a founder of
LayerVault
, a simple version control service for designers.
Kelly has spoken at a few conferences including
South by Southwest
,
140conf
and
Trandmediale
. Although he finds the word dirty, Kelly has
consulted
for many projects including
TakePart
, a subsidiary of
Participant Media
(
An Inconvenient Truth
,
The Cove
,
Syriana
) and
Capture Your Flag
. He has also published his very own
guide to Berlin.
Kelly is @
KellySutton
on Twitter.
Kelly can be reached at
[email protected]