If you’re saying to yourself, “I didn’t know there was a Smithsonian Channel” don’t feel bad, you’re not alone. While pretty much everyone has heard of The Smithsonian Institution – and millions of visitors have been to its museums - Smithsonian Channel has only been on the air since September 2007 and not a lot of people know about us…yet.
At Smithsonian Channel, our goal is to bring the world of the Smithsonian Institution right to your home. Our programs cover a range of topics from nature and history, to music and pop culture. We’re here to tell America’s stories and what better place to tell stories than on TV …and on a blog.
Here at the Smithsonian Channel blog we hope to share stories about a whole range of topics - from what’s on our air to what’s happening at the Smithsonian Institution to what people are talking about across the country. If you liked a particular show or blog post, we want to hear about it. If you think we could have done something differently, we want to hear that too. And if you have ideas about what American stories Smithsonian Channel should be telling we’d really love to hear from you - I can’t promise that we’ll be sending a production crew out to your house though.
Now a quick word about me. My name is Susanne Mei and I’m the Vice President of Digital Media. I’m a former journalist and working mom with two young kids and I have been a part of Smithsonian Channel for more than 2 years. I read all kinds of blogs – news blogs, mom blogs, French blogs and (yes, I admit it) celebrity blogs.
Many members of the Smithsonian Channel team will be contributing to this blog and our approach is to precede their initial posts with an introduction so you can meet them and learn a little something about who you’re hearing from. All our bloggers are listed below along with a link to their profiles.
For many of us (myself included) this is something new and I’m sure it will take us a little while to find our voice and make this blog all that we know it can be. We’ll promise to do our best to find fun, interesting and even educational tidbits to share with you and we hope you will jump in and let us hear from you whenever the mood strikes.
We look forward to hearing from you and promise to respond to emails as quickly as possible. Unfortunately none of us are dedicated soley to the blog (we’re just getting going after all and I think we average 2.6 jobs per person) so please be patient if we don’t get back to you right away. And if you’ve got a blog that covers a topic you see here, please do let us know and we’ll be sure to check you out!
