Steve Garfield

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Steve Garfield
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Born1957/1958(age 63–64) [1]
Occupation videographer, video blogger
Website stevegarfield.com

Steve Garfield is a videographer and video blogger based in Boston, Massachusetts. Known for shows such as New Mediacracy, in 2009 Garfield was inducted into the International Academy of Web Television. [2]

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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. [1]

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 City Councilor John Tobin. He has also contributed video to Rocketboom. [2]

In 2006, Garfield co-founded the podcast New Mediacracy along with Steve Woolf & Zadi Diaz of Epic Fu . [3] The podcast features candid discussions about online video and new media, and often features popular web series creators as guests. [4]

In 2009, Steve was inducted into the International Academy of Web Television. [2]

Publications

Garfield wrote the book, Get Seen: Online Video Secrets to Building Your Business, [5] which is the second in a series that David Meerman Scott edits for John Wiley & Sons called The New Rules of Social Media. [6]

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