Intelligent Television produces innovative films, television, and online video; conducts research in the future of media; and provides strategic planning and consulting services, all in close association with leading cultural and educational institutions and renowned directors and cinematographers — and all to make educational and cultural material more widely accessible worldwide.
Collegium
Joel Westbrook
Television, network relations
Joel Westbrook is the president of the television production company Alexandria Productions. Prior to founding Alexandria, Mr. Westbrook served as Senior Vice President and Executive Producer at Time-Life Television and Video, where he was head of all original production, including serving as Senior Executive in Charge of Production on “The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll” and Executive Producer of “Time-Life’s Lost Civilizations,” a 10-hour NBC documentary series (and winner of the 1995-1996 Prime-Time Emmy Award, Outstanding Informational Series). As Executive Vice President of TBS Productions, Turner Broadcasting Systems, he was responsible for all original nonfiction programming, excluding sports. Mr. Westbrook also has produced nonfiction programming in the following genres: history, environmental, nature, and children’s. Among them are: “National Geographic Explorer”; “Cousteau’s Rediscovery of the World”; “Rome: Power and Glory”; and “Trials of Life with David Attenborough.” He also has extensive experience producing live and packaged sports programs with Major League Baseball, NBA Basketball, and the 1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow. Mr. Westbrook began his career as News Film Cameraman and Film Editor at WRBL-TV in Columbus, Georgia, after receiving an ABJ degree in journalism from the University of Georgia.
What we're writing
Video use in higher education: options for the future
On building a new market for culture: Virtue and necessity in a screen-based culture
Good terms - improving commercial-noncommercial partnerships for mass digitization
Tools to explore
Video Interactions for Teaching and Learning (VITAL) is a web-based learning environment that enables students to view, analyze, and communicate ideas with video. VITAL was originally created to help students practice their observation and interpretation skills in developmental psychology courses at Columbia University’s Teachers College. Today VITAL is deployed in a wide range of courses and disciplines across Columbia University, from the School of Social Work to the School of the Arts.
Archives for today
San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive
The San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive, established in 1982, preserves more than 4,000 hours of newsfilm, documentaries, and other programs produced in northern California between 1939 and 2005. Among the treasures recently put online are 1960s films of James Baldwin and Maya Angelou and Marlon Brando speaking at the funeral of Black Panther Bobby Hutton. The Archive is part of San Francisco State University Library’s Department of Special Collections.
What we're watching
Forum Network
Involving public media and partners in video online.
Vectors
A new journal in a dynamic vernacular.
Photograph of Jesus
Plus a group shot of the men on the moon.
What we're reading
YouTube – Every Violent Act in 2010 Superbowl Ads
Visit YouTube – Every Violent Act in 2010 Superbowl Ads
Keynote: Bruce Sterling (us) on Atemporality | transmediale
Am only part way through this talk by Bruce Sterling on #atemporality, but enjoying it immensely. Visit Keynote: Bruce Sterling (us) on Atemporality | transmediale
How to Clip, Sort, and Cite the Entire Web with Zotero – Information – Lifehacker
Nice tutorial on Zotero. Visit How to Clip, Sort, and Cite the Entire Web with Zotero – Information – Lifehacker
For the Love of Culture
Truly excellent, constructive new piece by Larry Lessig on GBS, copyright, and what is to be done. Nice vignettes about documentaries and health information too. Visit For the Love of Culture
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