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.
A Commitment to Literacy
Travel Channel President Pat Younge brings literacy to his staff Television is a strange industry. The New York Times is filled with people who aspire to be print journalists; to be writers. As a result, when you walk into...
Read moreWin A Trip To China
Today, we are running a very special Travel Channel Academy in Washington. This one is only for employees of The Travel Channel. President and GM Pat Younge as mandated that all employees of The Travel Channel, from producers to...
Read moreThis Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us
I said draw…. It turns out that they’re both in the same business. Newspapers and local TV news stations. They both go out into the community, find stories, process them and then distribute them back to the community, charging...
Read moreYou Push The Button
What happened? There is a lesson for newspapers here. Kodak once meant photography. You didn’t even have to ask. The red K in the yellow field was recognized and respected worldwide. Say Kodak and you said photography. Founded by...
Read moreThe Shape of Things To Come
Franklin’s press While I am working at the Star Ledger this week, I am also reading Eric Burns’ new book, Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism. It is a fascinating history of the...
Read moreThe Soul of a New Machine
You are looking at a machine. As fast, efficient, lean machine designed for news gathering and information processing. It is the newsroom of the Newark Star Ledger. A newspaper. For more than 300 years, newspapers in this country have...
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