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The DC Shorts Film Festival takes place every September in the downtown area of Washington, DC.  There are movies, parties, screenings and much more.  It's earned a reputation as being one of the most filmmaker friendly festivals in the United States.

In September, the Ad Club of Metropolitan Washington DC holds its annual Ad Week Conference. There are panels, workshops, networking, parties and much more. The Scoop was there, and we managed to get a few minutes with legendary advertising madwoman Jane Maas. She gave an uncensored 45 minute tell-all about life as a female advertising professional in the days of the original mad men. She recently published her Book "Mad Women: The Other Side of Life on Madison Avenue in the '60s and Beyond."

We hear from three of the science, video, and data professionals at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Our guests, Matthew Radcliff and Jefferson Beck are Video Producers, and Lori Perkins is a Data Visualizer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Inside GV reporter Blake Althen speaks with them about the challenges of making scientific data understandable to the average person and a variety of other aspects of working in the scientific community at NASA.

Bruce Nesmith is currently the Director of Design for Bethesda Softworks, and lead designer for upcoming Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. He is best known for his design work on The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Fallout 3. During his 20+ year career, Bruce has been a programmer, writer, systems designer, tester, QA manager, and producer. Pablo Pulido is a Senior Creative Director, and his days are spent making promos to introduce new and existing shows for History. His credits are too long to list, but Top Shot,

Geena Davis talks about her supportive parents, getting into the world of acting, and her extensive work on achieving gender balance in media. Joe Nichols talks about how he does what he does, and what he looks for when he's hiring.

With a widely varied educational background from macro-economics to fashion photography, Dale Graham found his passion in design work, and for the last 20 years he has been creating award-winning design and launching TV channels. Today he is Creative Director at Discovery Creative, the network’s in-house agency.

Ryan Hill is a director of photography who has done work for some of the top brands in documentary television including National Geographic, Discovery, PBS and HBO. He has worked with Aborigines in Australia, former child soldiers in Liberia, Eskimos in Alaska, drug dealers in Oakland, and was embedded with the Green Berets in Afghanistan. He traveled to Pakistan, Morocco and Israel with Secretary Clinton for "Inside the State Department" on the National Geographic Channel. Blake Althen caught him just bac

This month, The Scoop went to the Real Screen Summit and met with Shannon Vossler and Stephanie Carter of Powderhouse Productions in Somerville, MA. They tell us about their personal stories and give us an inside look at what Powderhouse Productions has got in the works.

This month's episode features Sadia Zaman, recently Executive Director of Women In Film & Television Toronto, and now moving to a new position as Director of CBC Centres with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Sadia has been a writer, producer, a host, and an interviewer. She’s been nominated in total for five Gemini’s, personally nominated for three, and part of a team that won two. She was also awarded the Southam Fellowship for Journalists. As Executive Director in the Toronto chapter, Sadia

Scoop reporter Blake Althen speaks with Jim Elms, Executive Vice President, Head of Global Strategy at Universal McCann. Known for his work on Nike’s “Play” campaign and the wildly successful “got milk”, Jim’s done work with major clients such as Procter & Gamble, Canon, and Dairy Queen. Today with the Scoop, Jim shared his thoughts on creativity, culture, and curiosity, as well as giving us a look into his daily activities and thought processes.