I've always been a little crazy But never reckless. Katie age 3. Nothing really changes. Two of the biggest moments in my career started with a crash. In 1997, I finally got someone to hire me at the local TV station. I had been trying, relentlessly, for more than a year. In the two weeks between getting the offer for a cable-wrangling job and my first day, I fell off my mountain bike on a gnarly downhill and broke my collarbone. I showed up on day one with an unset bone and my left arm in a...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
The first email was about why I’m building Daily Special. This one is about what it actually is, and what it is designed to do for members. Not a post house. Not coworking. Something else. Daily Special is a membership-based post-production community and infrastructure platform built for the way media work happens now. It is designed for editors, assistants, producers, colorists, finishing artists, creators, small teams, and independent companies who need more than a home setup, but do not...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
A post house? In this economy? Crazy? Yes. Dumb? No. After three decades in post-production, I’ve been an artist, built and run facilities, and served as a studio executive. For the past decade, I’ve watched the legacy facility model struggle. I kept hoping someone would adapt it before it was too late. I’m done waiting. The community needs a radical new model to sustain the people doing the work, and the industry we all depend on. -Katie Open access to serious infrastructure The industry...
2 months ago • 2 min read