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Noah ​ Crable

DIGITAL MEDIA ANALYST & ​ARCHIVIST

Email Me: ​ncrable@icloud.com

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ABOUT ME

“All media deserves ​preservation. The more ​eyes on it, the better.”

That’s been my motto for over 10 years, when I first ​created a YouTube channel dedicated exclusively to ​archiving VHS material. The channel is still consistently ​updated to this day.


I hope to use my expertise of the format, as well as other ​physical digital media formats, to help other companies. ​Included on this page is my capstone project and other ​internships I accomplished over the past few months.


You can view my resume on the next page.

NOAH CRABLE

60 Tudor Road, Needham MA 02492

(781) 690-1569 • ncrable@icloud.com

Communications major with a keen interest in media, primarily archival, broadcast television, and social media.

Seeking experience in these industries and/or related fields.

EXPERIENCE

MAY 2023 – AUGUST 2023

ARCHIVAL INTERN, WGBH Boston

Archived over 10 years’ worth of content from Boston’s biggest public television station

MAY 2021 – AUGUST 2021

SOCIAL MEDIA INTERN, WNTN 1550 AM RADIO

Identified effective social media promotional strategies for WNTN, “Boston’s Hub for International Radio”

Focused on creating and publishing content to help build a community, while analyzing traffic data to assess effectiveness

MAY 2021 – AUGUST 2021

VIDEO PRODUCTION INTERN, MASSBAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Planned and edited a promotional video designed to highlight MassBay’s Cybersecurity program and attract

potential students

JUNE 2019 – AUGUST 2019

VIDEO ARCHIVING INTERN, PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND ​Accurately organized and archived digital video and audio content used by the school’s radio station ​Conceptualized and created promotional video clips to highlight the school’s mission

MAY 2017 – JUNE 2018

GROCERY BAGGER, SUDBURY FARMS ​Bagged groceries and interacted with customers at local business part time

2012 – PRESENT

FOUNDER & CREATOR, CBZ VHS

Created YouTube site to compile and archive TV recordings from the 1990s and 2000s that has had over 13 ​million views to date

Built a strong social media presence from 2016 to 2020

EDUCATION

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ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE, MASS BAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE ​Majoring in Communications with a focus on digital media

SEPTEMBER 2022 – DECEMBER 2023

BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE, LASELL UNIVERSITY

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• Detail-oriented and good with deadlines

• Competitive pinball player with multiple high scores in

the Boston area

My VHS ​Inventory

  • I created a full VHS inventory for ​my personal collection. I currently ​own over 300 tapes, including ​many retail tapes and recordings ​off of TV.
  • This required many hours of ​independent research on tape ​masters and the like, to create a ​fully comprehensive list of the ​versions of these tapes I own.
  • The inventory is available on ​Internet Archive and is meant to ​serve as a “proof-of-concept” for ​future archival projects. It will ​remain constantly updated as I ​obtain new tapes.

View my VHS inventory ​capstone!

https://archive.org/details​/vhs-inventory-capstone

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr​6952p7TfWh-L0PIGlt9iw

CBZ VHS

  • This YouTube account was where it all started for me. ​About 10 years ago, I became heavily invested in the ​lost art of TV branding, especially among the kids ​channels that have migrated to streaming, and have ​uploaded my finds here.
  • I continue to keep updating the channel as I find new ​footage and identify specifics about said footage. I’ve ​also been involved with a few lost media hunts over ​the past decade, all relating to these channels.

GBH Boston ​Archi​ves

  • Last summer, I worked with ​GBH to create a ​comprehensive inventory list ​for three of their content ​vendors. The list was created ​using Excel, spanning over a ​decade of content.
  • I was also introduced to their ​archives. I hope to work with ​other companies to similar ​improve their archiving abilitie​s.​

What I Learned

  • Basic Excel spreadsheet ​creation
  • Setting up a proper schedule ​for myself
  • Identifying, and properly ​organizing, inventory

LASELL UNIVERSITY

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Keeping Track of Lasell ​Alumni

  • This past semester, I worked with Lasell chair of ​communication, Meryl Perlson, to create a ​comprehensive list of alumni who had graduated the ​university.
  • The list contains over 400 students ranging as far ​back as 2010, across two lists and independent ​research done through LinkedIn.

Pinball ​Purveyor

  • For the pinball website Tilt Forums, I ​popularized the idea of community-driven ​rules documents for recent pinball machines. ​I’ve also kept the documents properly archived ​- the site contains a full inventory of the ones ​I’ve started and worked on.
  • View the rules documents I’ve worked on, ​along with the users of the forum, here: ​ http://tiltforums.com/t/rulesheet-master-​list/7230

Keep In Touch!

EMAIL

ncrable@icloud.com

YO​UTUBE

“CBZ VHS” (Archival)

“​CBZ Pinball” (Pinball Gameplay)