Live Video Interview With Ellie Rountree

Thanks to Ellie and the entire Rocketboom team for their hospitality in hosting this interview.  We discussed Higher Education, Student Affairs, Technology and Internet Trends, favorite Memes, and what it is like to work at Rocketboom!  We fielded some great questions from the online audience, and I had a blast, learning a lot from the conversation!

Please watch the video replay above for the entire interview in HD and shorter, cut version will be available next week!

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(Original Post)
Monday, August 9 from 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST
Broadcasted over Ustream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/student-affairs-3-0
Video Hashtag: #SA30

I’m pleased to announce that I am sitting down with Ellie Rountree (@ElspethJane), Producer of Rocketboom Tech and Know Your Meme at Rocketboom.com on MONDAY at 4:00pm EST.  I have followed Ellie and Rocketboom for quite some time now and since I was going to be in NYC on Monday, I contacted her and asked if there was any chance I could do a Live Video Interview with her while I was there, and sure enough, she said yes!

During the interview, we will be talking about Ellie’s work at RocketBoom.com, her take on the intersection of Higher Education and emerging technology, particularly around the use of video, how she got into the “internet” industry, and of course, Internet Memes (Documenting Internet phenomena: viral videos, image macros, catchphrases, web celebs and more!).  I hope you can join us on Monday for our conversation!

What questions do you have for Ellie?  Please leave them in the comment section and I’ll try to incorporate it during the interview!

Bio: Elspeth “Ellie” Rountree is a writer, senior producer, host, and co-creator of both highly successful Rocketboom Tech and Know Your Meme series.

Rountree also oversees the daily Rocketboom operations and is an avid internet culture enthusiast. Listed as a “2009 Silicon Alley Insider 100″ and one of the “25 Need-To-Know Bloggers” by Mediaite.com, she has appeared as an internet culture expert on major media channels including NBC, hosted her own show in conjunction with Conde Nast, and has written for the Saving Grace series blog on TNT.

Prior to working at Rocketboom, Rountree graduated with a BS in Cinema and Photography from the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College. After moving to New York City, she worked in the photo production field then moved to the newly formed Rocketboom.com. As it’s first full time employee, Rountree has helped establish Rocketboom as a leading daily feature news and internet culture program that broadcasts online with over 40,000 daily viewers.  Rocketboom is widely regarded as the first successful videoblog, and the longest running, with over 1,800 full episodes to date with tens of millions of views. Rocketboom has been profiled by the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Forbes, Wired, Business 2.0, Ad Age, PBS, and many other media outlets.

Along with Rocketboom’s success, Know Your Meme was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 50 Best Websites of 2009 and has also been featured in Newsweek, Wired, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, MSNBC, PBS, The Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, The New York Times, Mashable, TechCrunch among others and is widely regarded as the leading source for internet culture information.

Rountree lives and works in New York City.