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.
Rosenblum Institute Opens In Netherlands
Today the Rosenblum Institute begins a partnership with the Dutch Media Academy in Hilversum, Netherlands. The Rosenblum Institute is a partnership between Rosenblum Associates and Concentra, one of the largest media companies in Belgium. Four years ago, we began...
Read moreDNA2008 Day 2
Our pal, Pat Younge from Travel Channel explains the Academy concept to the Europeans. The South African team concentrates on the VJ movement they are bringing back. Full house at the Marriott. Next year we have to find a bigger...
Read moreDNA2008 Day 1
The first DNA2008 conference starts outside the Brussels Marriott. The hotel rolled out the red carpet for us, (but in this case, it was in black and white, but with our logo on it!) Nice touch. When we started,...
Read moreIn The Jury Room
Get the white smoke ready…. Today, we spent the day sequestered in a conference room on the second floor of the Brussels Marriott, trying to reach a decision on the winner of the 2008 Concentra Award for Videojournalism. This...
Read moreRosenblum Institute Coming To South Africa
Where the hell is lunch? We spent the day today at the Rosenblum Institute in Brussels meeting with Concentra News execs as well as a team that flew up yesterday all the way from Capetown, South Africa. Among other...
Read moreGreetings from Brussels
who the hell are Avalon and Havana? Many people have told me I belong in an institute, and now I am in one. The Rosenblum Institute. Founded by Concentra, the Belgian media company, it is a training center for...
Read moreBigger is Not Always Better
Now, here’s a professional cell phone… It’s a funny thing with the cameras. The small cameras are regarded as ‘toys’. Only the big cameras are ‘real’. This is contrary to how we think about every other piece of digital...
Read moreA Camera as the Pencil
[youtube=[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nhGl1VbAig&rel=1]] Sean Smith is a full time Videojournalist with The Guardian, the UK newspaper. He is one of a new breed of journalists who carry their own small digital camera and report on their own. Last week he won...
Read moreOn The Cutting Edge
Americans like to believe that they are on the cutting edge of technology. Sometime they are. Sometimes they are not. When it come to the VJ Revolution, they are pretty much playing catch-up with Europe. Most European media companies...
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