NDtv on the Move
For those of you who aren't regular visitors to the NDtv website, I wanted to let you know that you're really missing out! NDtv has been growing astronomically since I left them just over two years ago now. Wow... graduation was May 16, 2004, can you believe that? It's true - two years and two days ago.
Anyhow, NDtv is really making me proud. I can't say how pleased I am with all of the progress they have made. And much of the thanks must really go to Adam Fairholm, my hand-picked successor. I've mentioned Adam before in this blog, but I think he deserve some recognition again. Great work Adam! Keep it up.
NDtv was recently featured in a very positive article in ND Works, the Notre Dame Faculty magazine. You can read the article by clicking here. Now, to be honest, I'm not sure the article is entirely true when it claims that NDtv has become such a wild success that people just can't get enough of it. Perhaps it is, but if that's the case, I find myself asking why more people don't turn up for the special broadcasts of Late Night ND hosted at Legends.
But it is certainly true that NDtv is growing. Only two years ago I left it as a tender bud, delicate and oh so fragile. One false step and it could have been uprooted entirely. I'm sure I mentioned it before, but I was honestly afraid that NDtv would collapse upon my departure - that is, until I met Adam. When Adam showed up and got involved my senior year, I knew that he was the guy who had to carry NDtv forward. It was awesome because he was only a freshman at the time, so here was someone who could really help NDtv grow for three years. As it turns out, he needed less than two turn NDtv around into a young media empire. They moved from a broom closet in the basement of South Dining Hall into comparatively palatial new digs in Washington Hall - something which I had helped promote during my tenure as Executive Producer. Beyond that, they even made the big move from local access cable to their own campus cable station with 24-hour broadcasting capabilities. That was something else I had been envisioning. In fact, I sent Adam an e-mail during my last few weeks at Notre Dame telling him how, when that day came, he would have the women swarming around him because of his power and influence over the campus community. I think Adam is just too modest to admit that my prediciton turned out to be accurate. Having their own station and studio really gave NDtv the boost that it needed to become a great media outlet on campus. Under Adam's amazing guidance, the programming line-up has been expanded many-fold from the twice-monthly program we produced when I started NDtv, active student involvement has grown, and the quality has improved dramtically.
Though Pride is one of the seven deadly sins, I can't help but feel a little proud when I see just where NDtv has gone. I am thrilled to, in some way, have left a lasting mark at Notre Dame, and grateful to Adam for his willingness - no, more than that, his ardor - to carry it forward and bring it to the cusp of greatness.