Steven Rosenbaum
| Steven J. Rosenbaum | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Steven J. Rosenbaum 1961 (age 55–56) New York, New York, U.S. |
| Residence | New York, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Steve Rosenbaum |
| Alma mater | Skidmore College |
| Occupation | Author, Entrepreneur, Filmmaker, Producer |
| Employer | Waywire Networks |
| Known for | Curation, MTV Unfiltered, 9/11 Video Archive |
Steven J. Rosenbaum (born 1961) is an American entrepreneur, curator, filmmaker, National Emmy Nominee, New York Emmy Award-winning producer(NY Emmy), director, author and public speaker. Steve Rosenbaum is currently a Resident at TED in New York City and holds two patents in the areas of video curation and advertising technology.
Steve founded Broadcast News Network (BNN) with the intention of revolutionizing television and making his audience go from being passive viewers to active participants. During this time, he also acted as the company's executive producer. During his time as an executive producer, the company's main program was "Broadcast New York" which had an audience of 700,000 across the state of New York. In 1991 the show was awarded a New York Emmy for Outstanding Magazine Format Programming. Rosenbaum won an additional New York Emmy award that night for Outstanding Issues Programming - Segments for his work on "Life on Trial - AIDS Guinea Pigs". Later he was nominated for a national EMMY award for Exceptional Merrit In Nonfiction Filmmaking for the film With All Deliberate Speed
These early experiences in content curation led to the development of the concept of "Digital Curation". These concepts were further developed and explained in his 2011 well-reviewed book, "Curation Nation"
In 1995, he created MTV News: Unfiltered; a half-hour show on MTV featuring first-person stories provided by viewers and curated by the show's producers. The show would typically feature content not covered by traditional media and was the first commercial use of UGC, User-Generated Content.
In 2001, while working on a shoot for Animal Planet, he witnessed the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. He directed his five film crews to Manhattan to capture the devastating aftermath of the attacks. This footage would later become the award-winning documentary "7 Days in September"(winner of CINE Golden Eagle and Telly Award) and go on to become a research archive of meticulously curated amateur video known as The CameraPlanet Archive The 500 Hours of 9/11 ) which Rosenbaum donated to the National 9/11 Memorial Museum.
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