NBC DJ School

I did a follow-up to the discussion last week on NBC News' staff meeting with David Verdi (Head of NBC News).

As you know, many times, it was said that NBC Project 2.0 is not working for the nightly news. They are still looking to downsize. The Company wants all news staff to learn another skill. The Company will spend money to train producers to shoot and edit. Already staff camera personnel have been assigned to teach photography to producers (non-NABET), not home movies-type but high quality video and audio packages that would be aired on NBC Nightly News and/or the Today Show, not necessarily on MSNBC. It may sound like a request but it isn't. One of the staff at the meeting said that the verdict would be, if anyone is not multi-tasking by next year, the devil will pay.
 
george121 said:
I did a follow-up to the discussion last week on NBC News' staff meeting with David Verdi (Head of NBC News).

As you know, many times, it was said that NBC Project 2.0 is not working for the nightly news. They are still looking to downsize. The Company wants all news staff to learn another skill........
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I wonder how well it would go over if I said I'd like to learn how to be the head of NBC News?;)
 
"not home movies-type but high quality video and audio packages that would be aired on NBC Nightly News and/or the Today Show."

In a year?
 
They throw in a lot of this producer doesn't have a clue about shooting video in stories now. If there is a worst case place to learn a new skill, I'm pretty sure it's in front of millions of people.
 
So, let's say you take this course.It so happens you turn out to be a brilliant photographer.And a great writer.And a great editor.But you're as homely as a fence post.I'm sure they'll hire you.Or, you ARE handsome/pretty enough,but your " Q" rating sucks. Nice job security.What a crapshoot.
 
Sorry...I got thrown by the title of this thread "NBC DJ School".

I thought NBC was going back to it's roots in radio. ;)
 
I was talking to one of the Network shooters who informed me that they all got news Sony HD camera's but been ordered to shoot in SD 4:3 as the plant can not handle HD yet.


Now we know why NBC News has started sounding and looking like it is shot by an elementary student!
 
cameragod said:
... but if it's been going for over a year and this is the first you have herd of it it can't have been that successful can it?
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And that's my question. How successful is this program exactly? How many "DJs" or VJs or hell, let's call them what they are, one man bands... How many one man bands has NBC hired from this program to produce, report, shoot and edit stories for them?
 
I spoke to several shooters who say the producers still do not understand the difference between daylight and tungsten. So the question is will preset fix all. A shooter would know the answer to this is no, but then we are talking overpaid producers.

Also I was informed that while the had to teach the producers to shoot. Management has said camera secrets and tricks are not part of the deal. Only basic shooting because currently no producer has produced useful video, and the network is relying on it.
 
Just another worthless cost cutting venture aimed at trying to increase that stock by a few pennies that will inevitabaly drop it by $.50 or more. Nice job NBC. Perhaps you should just hire MR as head of NBC News and get it over with. I thank the good Lord everyday that I no longer work for a publicaly traded company.
 
svp said:
Just another worthless cost cutting venture aimed at trying to increase that stock by a few pennies that will inevitabaly drop it by $.50 or more. Nice job NBC. Perhaps you should just hire MR as head of NBC News and get it over with. I thank the good Lord everyday that I no longer work for a publicaly traded company.
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This is what happens when you want to be youtube wonder instead of a broadcaster
 
svp said:
Just another worthless cost cutting venture aimed at trying to increase that stock by a few pennies that will inevitabaly drop it by $.50 or more. Nice job NBC.
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I'm not convinced this is any kind of cost-cutting move, because I haven't seen any evidence of widespread hiring of graduates from this program. I'm wondering instead if the NYFA folks have simply managed to strike a deal with NBC to put their name on the program in exchange for some sort of gift. It's not unusual to have professorships or facilities sponsored by corporations. The corporation gives an endowment, which the school then invests and uses the interest to pay for the sponsored program.

That's why I want to know: How many people have graduated from this program? How many of those graduates have been hired by NBC? What percentage of people who enter the program are actually hired by NBC?
 
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