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.
Lessons from the NYVS
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vONorpVbLYo[/youtube] Francisco gives a lesson on how to make a Music Video On September 1, we are going to launch NY Video School, an online training academy for those who want to learn how to make a wide range...
Read moreChris Brown, Rhianna….and Richard Nixon
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4SD6oBvbKY&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjonbernstein.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F21%2Fwhat-chris-browns-youtube-apology-tells-us-about-new-media%2F&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] who needs TV? When 19 year old R&B singer Chris Brown was accused of beating his girlfriend Rhianna, he didn’t go on 60-Minutes looking for contrition. Bill Clinton and Hillary might have taken a chance with Mike Wallace...
Read moreShould Journalism Die?
And that’s the way it is… or at least as far as I know, that’s the way it is…. When I was a student at The Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University (’83), we used manual typewriters. We...
Read moreIf We Landed a Man on the Moon Today….
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dClpox7qinI[/youtube] and a tip o’ the hat to Steve Safran for finding this one
Read moreArthur Sulzberger Jr. and George III
Where did they get their dry cleaning done? I have just finished David McCullough’s book 1776, which is a history of the first year of the War of the American Revolution. It’s a great read. What struck me througout...
Read moreTravel Channel Academy Grad Gets Own TV Series!
Student makes good Nearly a year ago, Jay Russell, a former South Carolina State Trooper took one of our Travel Channel Academy classes in NY. He ran a private drug dog search company; derived from his years in the...
Read more2 from The Travel Channel Academy
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nSsOWeUkmU&feature=channel_page[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0KyE-zC5Mo&feature=channel[/youtube] Here are two videos that were done by trainees in the most recent Travel Channel Academy in Washington. They’re both interesting and creative, in their own ways. Take a look.
Read moreMore VJs in the UK
On the cutting edge of technology…. The Press Gazette is reporting today that PA (Press Assocation) VJs are going to start feeding The Independent, (a British newspaper) with 100 voiced pieces a week. Apparently, VJs are alive and well...
Read moreThe Reckoning – Tonight on PBS
This is for real A lot of people who work for us dream of being documentary filmmakers. It is not easy path to follow. But for those who wish to do so, there is no better role model than...
Read moreWe Take NOAA VJ
Don’t move the camera! Today we are at the first day of VJ Bootcamp with the NOAA. That is the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. A branch of the US Government. The NOAA is the part of the US...
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