About Sam Meddis

I’m an adjunct professor at American University, where I teach digital skills and documentary video production. Previously, I was the video team lead at USA TODAY, working with an award-winning group of video journalists and helping to develop the company’s digital video strategy. You can find more background here.

Appetite for online news video seems unquenchable

Paul Slavin, digital chief at ABC News, tells Beet.TV that the audience hunger for online video seems insatiable. There’s been a “real explosion in consumption” that is “almost outstripping” ABC’s ability to produce enough of it, he says.

An “almost limitless demand” for the news organization’s video is occurring across all digital platforms, including tablets and smart phones, he says. “More people are consuming news and information in larger numbers than I think we’ve ever seen before.”