Jacob Soboroff

This is a quick interview I did about video blogging with Aram...

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:20:00 -0800

This is a quick interview I did about video blogging with Aram Zucker-Scharff for United Press International’s student journalism initiative UPIU after the D.C. Media Makers event Wednesday night at NPR in Washington. At DCMM, I spoke about Why Tuesday? and how we used video blogging. Here’s the video of my speech: Part 1; Part 2.

Here’s video of the second half of my speech to D.C. Media...

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:16:00 -0800

Here’s video of the second half of my speech to D.C. Media Makers Wednesday night at NPR in in Washington about Why Tuesday? and our efforts. Click here for the first half.

Here’s video of the first half of my speech to D.C. Media...

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:15:00 -0800

Here’s video of the first half of my speech to D.C. Media Makers Wednesday night at NPR in in Washington about Why Tuesday? and our efforts. Click here for the second half.

I hiked to the ruins at the top of Echo Mountain today. It was...

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:37:11 -0800

I hiked to the ruins at the top of Echo Mountain today. It was awesome.

This is my little vlog for AMC News from the Oscar nominations...

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:38:52 -0800

This is my little vlog for AMC News from the Oscar nominations this morning. I’m tentatively interviewing nominees Jeff Bridges, Quentin Tarantino, Jason Reitman and T. Bone Burnett today, so follow along at AMC News on Twitter.

TONIGHT at 11PMET/10CT/8PT on AMC I’m hosting the AMC News...

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:57:00 -0800

TONIGHT at 11PMET/10CT/8PT on AMC I’m hosting the AMC News Special: 10 Stories of Sundance. Tune in for a half-hour overview of the Sundance Film Festival and my interviews with Dakota Fanning, Kristen Stewart, Ben Affleck, Davis Guggenheim, Jonah Hill, Marissa Tomei, Oliver Platt, Jeffery Katzenberg and many more - including the first ever 3D nature documentary. Before the show airs, check out our behind-the-scenes photos.

I’m interviewed in (and on the cover of) Get Seen: Online...

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:40:34 -0800

I’m interviewed in (and on the cover of) Get Seen: Online Video Secrets to Building Your Business, the new book from Steve Garfield. This is the video of the interview I did at SXSW last year for the book.

I shot this behind-the-scenes tour of the AMC News set at...

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:23:00 -0800

I shot this behind-the-scenes tour of the AMC News set at Sundance 2010 this morning. For more from me at the festival follow AMC News on Twitter, and watch the AMC News Special: 10 Stores of Sundance on January 29th at 11PM on AMC.

I shot and edited this piece for Current TV this weekend about a...

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:31:00 -0800

I shot and edited this piece for Current TV this weekend about a Haiti relief fundraiser in Los Angeles.

I shot this video for AMC News on Twitter at the AMC party at...

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:52:30 -0800

I shot this video for AMC News on Twitter at the AMC party at the Golden Globes as Mad Men won best drama for the third year in a row.

What You Can Do To Help In Haiti

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:44:00 -0800

What You Can Do To Help In Haiti: The editors at TakePart have assembled this list of...

Every Thursday night until the Academy Awards on Sun., Mar....

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:09:00 -0800

Every Thursday night until the Academy Awards on Sun., Mar. 7, I’ll be hosting Countdown to the Red Carpet, AMC’s award-season interview series, with nominees for this year’s Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards and Oscars. Tonight I’ll be sitting down with actor Jeremy Renner, a SAG best actor nominee for his role as the wild Sgt. William James in Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker.

For more Countdown to the Red Carpet, tune in tonight and every subsequent Thursday during the 8PM movie. You can get more details about our Countdown interviews as well as live behind-the-scenes updates by following along with me on AMC News on Twitter or on the AMC News blog.

Please join me and these other awesome speakers Tuesday in NYC...

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:02:00 -0800

Please join me and these other awesome speakers Tuesday in NYC from 4-6PM for this event at Baruch College! I’ll be talking about how nonprofits can use online video like we did at Why Tuesday? - and more. No promises about how to interview President Obama, though. You can RSVP online here.

Photo

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:31:00 -0800

Video

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:29:00 -0800

That’s me on the big screen (from Los Angeles) having an...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:54:00 -0800

That’s me on the big screen (from Los Angeles) having an iChat about Why Tuesday? and American voter participation with Diana Laufenberg’s high school juniors (in Philadelphia) last week. You can read more about our chat, and how we met on Twitter, on Diana’s blog. Here’s a preview:

Last Tuesday (how fitting), Jacob iChatted in at the end of the school day to 60 juniors all jammed into my classroom. They spent the next 45 minutes trading ideas and questions about voting, civic motivations and US history. It was spectacular. When we debriefed on Thursday, many of the kids felt like this was a wonderful way to ‘have class’. A majority of hands went up when I asked if they would like me to try and arrange for other experts to iChat in. When I asked them what they liked about the iChat, they were most impressed that during their conversation with Jacob, he didn’t just talk *at* them. They genuinely felt like he was interested in their ideas and the process of sharing thoughts, rather than just hearing himself talk. (so good)

Be sure to follow me, Why Tuesday? and Diana on Twitter.

Yesterday I visited KCRW during a taping of Left, Right and...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:55:00 -0800

Yesterday I visited KCRW during a taping of Left, Right and Center and made this video while hanging out. In the video are Arianna Huffington and host Matt Miller. Thanks to KCRW producer and PR director Sarah Spitz for having me.

Here’s the video from my 140 Characters Conference panel.

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:14:00 -0800

Here’s the video from my 140 Characters Conference panel.

Join me Tuesday 10/27 for the 140 Characters Conference at the...

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:38:00 -0700

Join me Tuesday 10/27 for the 140 Characters Conference at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles.

The panel I’m speaking on (at 3:35PM) is Hollywood Politics: The Making of a Twitter Cause Celeb, and my co-panelists are blogger @maegancarberry, Causecast founder @sirgutz, Variety’s Editor at Large @tedstew and @wendynuale from Participant Media.

Follow me on Twitter at @jacobsoboroff, @whytuesday and @amcnews.

Congratulations to my dad on this morning’s grand opening...

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:56:00 -0700

Congratulations to my dad on this morning’s grand opening of Soboroff Sports Field at the Expo Center on the grounds of the historic 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Swim Stadium. The field can be used year-round and is made in part from recycled Nike sneakers! Watch the CBS2/KCAL9 report on the dedication.