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Michael Barnard

Hollywood
As seen in: Apple Podcasts, LinkedIn, Forbes, Medium, MSN, Substack, Flipboard, IndieWire, The National, BroadwayWorld and
Covers:  independent film, filmmaking, business strategy
Doesn't Cover: filmmakers, movies
In development on the theatrical play BOYLE HEIGHTS 1939.

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Michael Barnard’s Biography

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Producer and host of INDIE FILM INDUSTRY NEWS, a new TV series on YouTube, produced at the YouTube studios in Manhattan. IFINews is a 3-camera studio production of one-on-one interviews with experts knowledgeable about what is needed for filmmakers to be successful.

Michael Barnard’s Journalist Portfolio

FILMMAKERS, IT'S 2013. DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR JOBS ACT IS? Part 1

FILMMAKERS, IT'S 2013. DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR JOBS ACT IS? Part 1

FILMMAKERS, IT'S 2013. DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR JOBS ACT IS? Part 1 of 2 Written by Michael R. Barnard Michael …

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Articles

Ireland’s Heat Study Adds More Evidence Against The Fabric First Trap

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By Michael Barnard
| ecotopical.com
Welcome to EcoTopical Your daily eco-friendly green news aggregator. Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.
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Ports Need More Capital As Their Bulk Cargo Base Shrinks

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By Michael Barnard
| EIN News
Ports need more investment for bigger ships, resilience and decarbonization just as some of the bulk cargoes that funded them begin to decline. Ports Need More Capital As Their Bulk Cargo Base Shrinks Ports are being asked to make infrastructure decisions that will last thirty, forty or fifty years while several of the assumptions that paid for their existing infrastructure are changing at the same time.
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Hydrogen Has Narrative Density. Electrification Has Deployment Density.

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By Michael Barnard
| The Energy Mix
Hydrogen occupies a remarkably large share of the energy-transition conversation for a technology with remarkably little deployment behind it. Fuel-cell trucks, hydrogen buses, hydrogen trains, hydrogen ships, hydrogen storage projects and one-off demonstrations recur through corporate press releases, government announcements, trade publications and mainstream coverage as significant branches of the transition.
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Interview

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What was your first job as a journalist?

Radio newscaster, 1,000 watt daytime station in Minneapolis. I now have lights with that much power.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes! An IBM Selectric (prior to Selectric II, even). And even a manual typewriter. But I loved the type balls.

How is social media changing news?

Immediacy. No curating. Blather. Outrageousness. Openness. Discussion. (Wait. No discussion. We are too polarized for that.)