Michael on Media

Michael Rosenblum has been writing about the media since 1988. His work and ideas have appeared in The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Ilkeston Life and many other publications.

He has been blogging regularly for the past 35 years on this subject. Having taught media studies at Columbia University, NYU and now the University of Oxford, he is considered an expert on this subject.

Travel Channel Academy – Santa Barbara

Lisa explains the ‘legal stuff’ to the class Arthur helps explain how the edit works Kelly explains sound mixing

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Two VJ Success Stories

Here’s a look at two VJ success stories from two different VJs at different places in their careers. The first is from Jules Broste, who took the TCA in Colorado on our Ski/Shoot seminars with Vail Resorts.  Jules has...

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As Exciting as Watching Cookies Bake….

Tonight! Most Haunted Castles of Denmark!! I was reading Cynopsis this morning and it made me think: Next month, TLC brings back its reality series Table for 12 chronicling the abundant Hayes family, with all-new back-to-back episodes starting November 10 at 8p and...

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High Tech Artisians

Hand made high tech Yesterday, as part of my ‘birthday surprise’, Lisa took me to the airport where we got on a small prop plane and headed off to parts unknown. The unknown part turned out to be  Bar...

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Waking Up to Salgado

This morning I woke up to Sebastao Salgado. or at least a print by him… being held up by my wife. Today is my birthday, and at this age, it is something I would rather forget than remember, but...

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TCA Advanced Courses Kick Off in DC

The hard working Arthur Hsu, liason to the Grads Yesterday we kicked off our first advanced course for the Travel Channel Academy down here in DC at Travel Channel HQ. We had been thinking of running a series of...

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Becket and Net Neutrality – Unbar The Door!

Unbar the door! Last night we stayed home and watched the movie Becket, with Richard Burton and Peter O’Toole. Great film. It’s a historical drama based on fact.  Henry II, Norman King of England elevates his friend and drinking...

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From TCA to CNN in One Step

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8ZXCbHKET8[/youtube] Off to a VERY good start In September, artist Eric Afredo took the Travel Channel Academy course in NY. Although he lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, Eric says he wanted to move to NY to ’emmerse [myself] in the...

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Why Journalism Failed

The last bastion of Feudalism in the US If you went to Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, the odds are you could just as easily have gone to Columbia University’s Law School instead. Had you gone there, however,...

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A New Kind of Journalism

Net assets: 1.3 billion U.S. dollars When I went to Columbia University the great hero of broadcast journalism was Edward R Murrow. When I went to work at CBS, Murrow’s visage stared out at me in the lobby.  At...

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