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.
Any Idiot Can Do This
Which way to the unemployment line? Yesterday, I was quoted in an interview with Randy Dotinga of The Voice of San Diego talking about video saying “any idiot can shoot good basic video”. Over at b-roll.net, ‘chestfever’ responded by...
Read moreInto The Newsroom
All yours for only $39.95 About a million years ago, or so, I was a PhD candidate in Islamic History. I got out of that business because a) I have a hell of time learning Arabic, and b) with...
Read moreLearn Baby, Learn
The world’s largest sailing ship, the Thomas W. Lawson, built in 1902, long after steam power dominate shipping. Mary Tripsas, a professor at Harvard Business School wrote a fascinating piece for The New York Times this morning about technological change...
Read moreVideojournalism Comes to Beirut
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWygB5r0Ycw[/youtube] A few days ago I got an email from Channel 1 VJ Marcel Theroux, who was shooting video for The Guardian. Now, a posting from another Channel 1 VJ, David Dunkley Gyimah who has been in Beirut teaching...
Read moreThe Grand Hotel
Sunset  at the Canaves Suites in Santorini…not the view of the parking lot in Chevy Chase. This week we are just hanging out at the Canaves Suites Hotel in Santorini. Nice. But the blog is about the Embassy Suites...
Read moreThe Brooklyn Bridge and The Web
A bridge to the future… I have just finished reading The Great Bridge by David McCullough. It’s the story of the design and construction of The Brooklyn Bridge. The Bridge, designed buy John Roebling and built by his son...
Read moreA Voice From The Past
 In Europe until the 5th of September, but I am still getting contacts from home. Particularly nice are emails from old friends I have not seen in a long time. It’s funny how just a few lines can...
Read moreGeology, Evolution and Santorini
A room with a view… I am spending this week in Oia in Santorini, with a lovely view of the caldera. Santorini is a Greek Island, but one with a unique history. It was once the top of a...
Read moreA Walk on the Acropolis
Still standing after all these years…. Arriving from rainy England, Athens was a pleasure. Sunny and mid 80s. I have not been in Athens in 20 years, and the city has improved enormously, no doubt due to the infusion...
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