Eileen Rivera wants to help you make a YouTube video. She’s a production manager at YouTube Space in Los Angeles, one of seven locations (Mumbai, India, is the most recent addition and Toronto is up next) where proprietors of channels with over 10,000 subscribers are given access to space and expertise. The goal? Create something great. Rivera stresses that YouTube Spaces are for everyone. “We’re not just top creators here,” she says. “We’re for everyone.”
What is YouTube Space?It’s the physical embodiment of YouTube. We want to be the home for YouTube creators. They can do three things: learn, connect, and create. Learning is the workshops. For connecting, it’s events; we have screenings, we have happy hours. We’re about to have Guillermo del Toro give a talk on writing. Create is me, that’s what I do. I can help you make what you want to make. Everything here is free, including equipment. We hope that the creators come to the space and feel like it’s home.
Why does YouTube do this?We heard that our creators wanted to find each other. It’s a place to connect on neutral ground. We can give creators tools to innovate and experiment; it’s a place
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