A regional tech career “Expo” expected to draw 800 hundred community college and high school students on May 4 will feature a presentation and workshop by Next American Media Makers (NAMM) Founder Victor Abalos. The Digital Tech & Entrepreneur Career Expo 2018, scheduled for Friday, May 4 at the Pasadena Convention Center is billed as a “technology immersion experience” by its organizer, LA Hi-Tech. The event will feature representatives from several regional tech companies a

Next American Media Makers today announced an exciting new partnership with Sabio, one of the nation's oldest and most successful coding "bootcamps"in the country. Through Sabio, NAMM is launching a series of intensive Digital Content Productions courses designed to train students for jobs and careers in one of the fastest-growing tech sectors. The first course - part of a two-track program that includes a course in Advanced Digital Content Production - starts the week of Jun

A video profile of an animal shelter volunteer - a day in the life of a hair salon owner - and behind the scenes with an audio production engineer. These were the profile subjects our students focused their cameras on during our six-week Digital Video Production Workshop at the Van Nuys offices of New Economics for Women, (NEW). The ten students we worked with - from four different high schools but all part of NEW's after-school program - came in with very little production e

"Every day social media platforms push one thing above all: video content. Digital content, short form video: these are the future of storytelling." Title: Host & Creative Content Director Employer: Aputure How long: 1 year Education: UCLA School of Theater, Film, & Television (BA + 1 year of MFA) I was raised in Las Vegas for the earlier parts of my childhood. I wish I could say the bright lights and pretty colors of the strip was what inspired me to be a filmmaker, but it w

Title: Lead Mobile Developer Current Employer: musx How long: Since June of 2017 Education: BA Communication, Stanford University I was born in LA, grew up in the San Gabriel Valley -- La Puente and West Covina. In high school I moved to Riverside, and then San Antonio, where I graduated high school. Most of my family is from the border in Texas, so I have roots in both California and Texas. "...digital content is of the utmost importance because if you are not on the Int