YouTube Opens First Creator Space

In 2002, I opened a video bar/cafe on the Lower East Side in NY, just across the street from CBGB.

It was a place anyone could come into, get cameras, access to editing, training and a cup of coffee or a beer.

Now, 10 years later, YouTube is doing the same thing – (except with a bit more money than I had to spend!)

It’s called Creator Space, and thanks to John Dumontelle in Miami for turning me on to this.

It marks another step in the ‘democratization of video’, (and is clearly the death knell for anyone who owns a conventional TV or video production facility).

Of course, access to gear is great, but unless you know what to do with it, it’s kind of a dead end.

And if you can’t make the trip to London, you can always learn here!

(Maybe YouTube will want to partner with NYVS? (hint hint).

Michael Rosenblum

For more than 30 years, Michael Rosenblum has been on the cutting edge of the digital video journalism revolution. During this time, he has lead a drive for video literacy, and the complete rethinking of how television is made and controlled. His work has included: The complete transitioning of The BBC's national network (UK) to a VJ-driven model, starting in 2002. The complete conversion of The Voice of America, the United State's Government's broadcasting agency, (and the largest broadcaster in the world), from short wave radio to television broadcasting and webcasting using the VJ paradigm (1998-present). The construction of NYT Television, a New York Times Company, and the largest producer of non-fiction television in the US. Rosenblum was both the founder and President of NYT TV, (all based on this paradigm (1996-1998). The President and Founder of Video News International, a global VJ-driven newsgathering company, with more than 100 journalists around the world. (1993-1996). Other clients include Spectrum News, Verizon and CBS News.