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 NY Graduates
Once again, we graduate another class of outstanding new VJs from the TCA. Some of the pieces were just stunning. It never ceases to amaze me what can be accomplished in just 4 days. Congrats to the the class,...
Read moreA Question of Balance
On the other hand….. A disgruntled cameraman posting on Medialine has found a quote from someone who claims to be one of my past students at a station conversion. Says the student: I was a victim MR and was...
Read moreMoments of Revolution
The power of empowering the masses Today we had a visitor at the Travel Channel Academy. A representative from an O&O in Philadelphia, she said that the local news station was starting to get concerned because The Philadelphia Enquirer...
Read moreTravel Channel Academy in NY
We are back in New York for yet another Travel Channel Academy. Joining us here for the session, Lori Rothschild, (above), Executive Producer for Samantha Brown at the Travel Channel. Lori both represents the channel, but is also graduate...
Read moreVideo Literacy
What else is on? For the past 500 years, we have been a print-driven culture. Reading and writing were essential tools to participating in daily life. And just because one learned how to write in school, it did not...
Read moreThe F**k-ups In The Corner
oh yeah…. here’s our online dept… let’s move on…. Yesterday, I had a long phone conversation with a major Canadian broadcaster, much like the BBC. They wanted to talk to me about “Citizen Journalists”. “How do you get people...
Read moreNewspapers to Video 2
[blip.tv ?posts_id=996421&dest=-1] Cancer Care by John O’Boyle This is a piece by Newark Star Ledger VJ John O’Boyle. He shot it, wrote it, voiced it, produced it, and edited it alone. We are now three weeks out from the...
Read moreBe Afraid. Be Very Afraid.
Really Scary Stuff! New technologies unleash changes that turn societies on their heads. These dislocations can be very disorienting. Even though the printing press was invented in 1452, its full impact was not really felt until the mid 18th...
Read moreThe Power of the Press
Best newspaper in the world? Maybe… Last night we had dinner with our friend Gary Younge. He is a columnist for The Guardian, the British newspaper. A paper many believe to be among the world’s best. Gary noted that...
Read moreWhen Technology Meets Resistance
Over the top The British General Sir Douglas Haig knew how to fight a war. He was the head of the BEF, the British Expeditionary Force in France and he had been in the Army all his life. Haig’s...
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