lynda.com co-founder Lynda Weinman honored by SMPTE

Weinman is recipient of the 2009 Eastman Kodak Gold Medal Award for her role as an education pioneer

October 29, 2009 - CARPINTERIA, CA – lynda.com, the award-winning provider of online training and education for consumers, businesses, and schools, today announced that co-founder Lynda Weinman has been selected as the recipient of the 2009 Eastman Kodak Gold Medal Award by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE).

Lynda Weinman is being honored for her "contribution to education of technologies and practitioners in the field of media production, in particular, as a pioneer in online education through creation of the website lynda.com which provides affordable, interactive training programs for film, television, sound, and web production."

"I’m especially thrilled to receive this award because I grew up in Los Angeles around the film industry, and worked for a good part of my career on film and video before I became a teacher," said Lynda Weinman, co-founder of lynda.com. "lynda.com’s mission is to democratize education and career development, and it is a wonderful honor to be recognized for our impact on the industry.”

The purpose of the award is to honor the recipient by recognizing outstanding contributions, which lead to new or unique educational programs utilizing motion pictures, television, high-speed and instrumentation photography or other photography sciences. The award recognizes developments in equipment, systems, or instructional applications, which result in advancing the educational process at any or all levels.

SMPTE president Kenneth C. Fuller will present the award at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 29, at the Society’s Honors and Awards Ceremony. The event is part of the Annual Tech Conference and Expo in Hollywood, CA.

More information about the award can be found at www.smpte.org.