The Newsload is super happy to announce that we are now releasing our 2024 collaboration project, with Fanshawe School of Contemporary Media, entitled 'Spill The Tea'!
In late 2023 I was contacted by a young filmmaker named Raj Kashyap (@the_stoic_soul) who was interested in a co-op placement with Bizbio Creative doing commercial film production. At the time I wasn't interested in help with Bizbio but I did pitch to him the idea of working on Newsload content. Raj got back to me a week of two later with preliminary steps, already advanced with his professor, to potentially produce a talk show using Fanshawe equipment, facilities and other students also looking for co-op credits with a local video production company.
With my strategic guidance, over the next few months and into the spring, the team there worked diligently filming and producing their five episodes. Raj was the a force of nature as he pursued this project with five other classmates. Talented on screen and off, he would not relent until he had satisfied his promise to me, his professor and his fellow students, that he could deliver what he had promised - a fun talk show that is relevant, edgy and local. This project would not have happened if not for his drive to make it so. I also though want to thank the rest of his team who produced this show with him
Zachary Doucet @butteriest_bean - Simranjit Kaur Ghorela @26simrankaur - Justy Chandy Oommen @justyoommenn - Zora Zhao @zorazhao010 - Joy Edigbe @jay_edigbe
Though the production process had its problems, as the team learned as they worked, the content was stellar and well worth watching no matter where you live in this world. So, after I received the raw footage, I passed it off to a colleague, Will Beaumaster (@willpowermedia) for editing. Will did a terrific job editing, mixing and prepping the episodes and the many reels for the Newsload YouTube channel.
Finally we at the Newsload want to extent a HUGE THANK YOU to Professor Greg Latham at the Fanshawe School of Contemporary Media for agreeing to take a leap of faith with us, and your students, on this fun project. We're all very hopeful it's just the beginning as we try and revitalize local news and help local journalists keep democracy alive. Thank you!
Bryan (@BKBakker on X)
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