- Richard Blakeley
Richard Blakeley is an American video editor and producer based in New York City.
Education and Career
Blakeley graduated from the
Pratt Institute with a BFA in Film. Since 2006, he has been a video editor forGawker Media , working most frequently for the Gawker-owned website,Gizmodo . Blakeley also runs his own design company, American Autotroph, in addition to being the creative director for the website Boinkology.Controversy and Notoriety
Blakeley is perhaps best known for an incident that occurred at the 2008
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. [ [http://gizmodo.com/343348/confessions-the-meanest-thing-gizmodo-did-at-ces Confessions: The Meanest Thing Gizmodo Did at CES ] ] Covertly employingTV-B-Gone remotes, Blakeley and other Gizmodo editors shut down several flat screen displays, disrupting numerous vendor presentations. CES subsequently banned Blakeley for life from all future conventions and threatened additional unspecified sanctions against Gizmodo and Gawker. [ [http://valleywag.com/344064/gawker-staffer-banned-from-ces-additional-sanctions--under-discussion Ces 2008: Gawker staffer banned from CES, "additional sanctions ... under discussion" ] ] In response, Blakeley auctioned off his CES press badge (theoretically his last ever) onCraigslist . [ [http://valleywag.com/344131/banned-cameraman-hawks-ces-press-badge Richard Blakeley: Banned cameraman hawks CES press badge ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.americanautotroph.com Official Website]
* [http://www.boinkology.com Boinkology]
* [http://blakeley.tumblr.com Richard Blakeley on Tumblr]
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