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Sky Dylan-Robbins

Sky Dylan-Robbins (born Skyler Dylan-Robbins on January 14, 1989) is an American journalist, documentary producer[1] and media entrepreneur.[2] She is the founder and Executive Director of The Video Consortium[3], a global nonprofit network that connects journalists and documentary filmmakers around the world. She was a journalist at The New Yorker[4] and a producer at NBC News.

Sky Dylan-Robbins
Born (1989-01-14) January 14, 1989 (age 35)
New York City, U.S.
EducationNorthwestern University
Occupation(s)Journalist, documentary producer, entrepreneur
Websitewww.skydylanrobbins.com

Early life

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Born and raised in New York City,[5] Dylan-Robbins is the only child of media personality and education entrepreneur Ellie Dylan and Steven Robbins, a business executive.[6] She attended the Rudolf steiner school on Manhattan’s Upper East Side[7] and went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts in Radio/Television/Film, Italian, and Sociology from Northwestern University, cum laude.[8] She spent her junior year making films in Italy[9][10] and studying cinema at the University of Bologna.

Career

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Dylan-Robbins began her career at Tumblr as its editorial video lead.[11] With journalist Jessica Bennett and media executive Chris Mohney,[12] she covered subcultures, news, and trends among the platform's 475 million blogs for its online magazine, Storyboard,[13] while partnering with media outlets like Time[14] and WNYC.[15]

In 2013, she was hired by The New Yorker’s Nicholas Thompson to produce the magazine's video series[16] and short documentaries. Dylan-Robbins worked at the magazine when video was becoming the focus of media outlets as a tool for growth and developed The New Yorker’s video strategy.[17] During her four years at the magazine, Dylan-Robbins reported[4] on a range of topics from the rise of e-cigarettes[18] and the overuse of c-sections[19] to California's deadly drought[20] and psilocybin’s healing effects on the terminally ill.[21][22] She helped migrate the magazine onto emerging platforms like Snapchat[23] to reach a younger audience.

In 2017, Dylan-Robbins left the magazine for NBC to help launch a new video initiative under the umbrella of NBC News.[24] She worked across digital, streaming, and broadcast departments,[25] reporting on stories in America,[26][27] Japan,[28] Italy,[29] and the Balkans.[30] She worked at NBC exactly forty years after her mother, Ellie Dylan, was at the network,[31] which inspired Dylan-Robbins to use old segments from her mother's reportage and feature them to show changing trends across the decades.[32][33] While at The New Yorker, Dylan-Robbins founded the Video Consortium,[3] a 501(c)3-registered nonprofit network that supports, develops, and connects the next generation of video journalists and documentary filmmakers with resources, tools, and jobs.[34] The network has chapters around the world.[35][36][37][38] Dylan-Robbins serves as its Executive Director.

Dylan-Robbins is recognized for her media innovation and was chosen by Forbes magazine as a 30 under 30 in the Media category.[39] She has received numerous journalism accolades, including Pictures of the Year International,[40] New York Press Club,[41] the Newswomen's Club of New York,[42] the James Beard Foundation,[43] and the Society of Publication Designers.[44] She won a Webby Award in 2013 for her work with Storyboard.[45]

References

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  1. ^ "2017 Award Recipients and Photo Gallery". THE NEWSWOMEN'S CLUB OF NEW YORK. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  2. ^ Stokes, Elaisha. "The Companies Revolutionizing News Media". cutaway.shift.io. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "The Video Consortium, Inc". GuideStar. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Sky Dylan-Robbins". The New Yorker. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  5. ^ Gregor, Alison (December 10, 2014). "The East Village Clings to a Colorful Past (Published 2014)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  6. ^ "Tiger Leasing Founder Steven Robbins Passes Away". Monitordaily. March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  7. ^ "The Answer for Schools Is Not More Technology. It's Teachers and Human Connection". Rudolf Steiner School. February 17, 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  8. ^ "Undergraduate Honor Rolls – 2010s". wewill.northwestern.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  9. ^ "Un'Americana in Italia". IMDb. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  10. ^ "Un Americana Italia Interview". Legends of Pizza Blog. October 24, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  11. ^ Pfeifer, Joey. "Department of Editorial Team". Tumblr. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  12. ^ Stelter, Brian (February 2, 2012). "Blogging Site Tumblr Makes Itself the News (Published 2012)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  13. ^ Murphy, Samantha (May 7, 2012). "Tumblr Does Its Own Curating With New Storyboard Project". Mashable. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  14. ^ Bennett, Jessica (December 10, 2012). "'D' Is for 'Divorce': 'Sesame Street' Tackles Another Touchy Topic". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  15. ^ "Inside the New York Times' Photo Morgue, A Possible New Life for Print | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News". WNYC. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  16. ^ "Behind The New Yorker's Record-Setting Web Traffic". Folio. August 5, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  17. ^ "Online Publications: A New Venue for Documentaries". International Documentary Association. July 7, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  18. ^ "Watch A Reporter at Large | Thank You for Vaping | The New Yorker Video | CNE | Newyorker.com". The New Yorker. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  19. ^ Altman, Anna (August 3, 2014). "Why Our Expectations of Childbirth Are Changing". Op-Talk. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  20. ^ "PDN Video Pick: Ed Kashi and Matt Black for The New Yorker". PDNPulse. January 12, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  21. ^ "The New Yorker: Magic Mushrooms and the Healing Trip (Video)". MAPS. February 9, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  22. ^ Dylan-Robbins, Sky (February 2, 2015). "Magic Mushrooms and the Healing Trip". The New Yorker. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  23. ^ Reichman, Samantha (July 22, 2016). "The New Yorker's Snapchat is mesmerizing". Mashable. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  24. ^ Steigrad, Alexandra (June 13, 2017). "NBC Starts Documentary Unit to Attract Younger Audience". WWD. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  25. ^ Staff, H. N. N. (February 9, 2018). "Here's why NBC was inside the HI-EMA bunker the day before the missile alert mistake". www.hawaiinewsnow.com. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  26. ^ "Millennials stepping up: How will we take care of our parents?". NBC News. May 8, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  27. ^ "America's Wild Horses Are Under Threat". www.youtube.com. June 19, 2017.
  28. ^ "Cut off from society: Japan's hikikomori". euronews. May 4, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  29. ^ "Italy's Millennials: Caught Between 'Mama's Boys' and Making it Work". www.youtube.com. February 14, 2019.
  30. ^ "Riots, wine and an assassination plot: The unlikely nation caught in a bizarre US-Russia tug of war". NBC News. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  31. ^ Klemesrud, Judy (September 16, 1977). "AM Radio Gets a Siren in the Morning (Published 1977)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  32. ^ "America, the tired: A bedtime story". News Flash. July 10, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  33. ^ Panarites, Jana (May 2, 2019). "Sky Dylan-Robbins: How Will Millennials Care For Their Parents?". Agewyz. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  34. ^ "The film community adapts amidst festival and premiere cancelations". Vimeo Blog. March 18, 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  35. ^ "GreenlightGO | An Evening with the Video Consortium". www.greenlightgo.tv. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  36. ^ "The First Gathering: meeting of the Video Consortium at the NUJ". National Union of Journalists. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  37. ^ Lunden, Danny (March 7, 2018). "Event: The Video Consortium March Gathering". Viewfinder: A Blog by KitSplit. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  38. ^ "The Video Consortium: LGBTQ". NYU.edu.
  39. ^ "30 Under 30 2018: Media". Forbes. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  40. ^ "POYi 73 Winner's List". poy.org. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  41. ^ "The New York Press Club, Inc" (PDF). nypressclub.org.
  42. ^ "2017 Award Recipients and Photo Gallery". The Newswomen's Club of New York. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  43. ^ "Awards Search | James Beard Foundation". www.jamesbeard.org. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  44. ^ "The Society of Publication Designers Announces the 52nd Annual Awards Winners" (PDF). spd.org.
  45. ^ "Storyboard". The Webby Awards. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
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