Steve Garfield is an American
videographer and
video blogger based in
Boston
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,
Massachusetts
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. Known for shows such as ''New Mediacracy'', in 2009 Garfield was inducted into the
International Academy of Web Television.
Career
One of the Internet's first video bloggers, Garfield began experimenting with the technique in 2002 and launched his own video blog on January 1, 2004.
Garfield is a former producer of the Boston-based ''Karlson and McKenzie'' radio show. He has produced his own video blog programs, including ''The Carol & Steve Show'' and ''Vlog Soup.'' On February 3, 2005, Garfield posted what is believed to be the first video blog from a United States elected politician,
Boston
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City Councilor
John Tobin. He has also contributed video to
Rocketboom.
In 2006, Garfield co-founded the podcast ''New Mediacracy'' along with
Steve Woolf &
Zadi Diaz of ''
Epic Fu''.
The podcast features candid discussions about online video and new media, and often features popular
web series
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creators as guests.
In 2009, Steve was inducted into the
International Academy of Web Television.
Publications
Garfield wrote the book, ''Get Seen: Online Video Secrets to Building Your Business'', which is the second in a series that
David Meerman Scott edits for John Wiley & Sons called ''The New Rules of Social Media''.
References
Further reading
''The Boston Globe'' : "Virtual Neighbors" ''Wired'' : "Blogging+Video=Vlogging"''Boston Phoenix'' : "I like to watch"''Rolling Stone'': "Vlog Stars: Online video bloggers are redefining the worlds of news and entertainment"*
ttps://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113469882648624197 ''The Wall Street Journal'' : "Vlogger (noun): Blogger With Video Camera"''The Boston Globe'' : "Simonds is the life of this video party"''Animation Magazine'' : "It's Jerry Time with Jerry and Orin Zucker"
External links
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American video bloggers
Videographers
Living people
American reporters and correspondents
American Internet celebrities
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American journalists