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.
Concentra Award Nominees
The nominations for this year’s Concentra Award for outstanding video journalism, sponsored by Avid, have been announced. The nominated entries can be viewed at www.theconcentra.org. “The subject matter and quality of this year’s entries are a clear indication that...
Read moreThe Cameraman Speaks
The quandry for professional cameramen – Jim Long contemplates the future Alex Lucas was a VJ that I trained in Nashville at WKRN. He was a cameraman making the transition to VJ. He was very good at it. About...
Read moreThe Rapidity of Change
Yesterday’s ‘must have’ is today’s ‘must get rid of’ I just got a $500 bid for my Bang and Olufsen Beomaster 9000 stereo system with the 2 6-foot high Penta standing speakers. I am delighted. Only a few years...
Read moreVJ and The Election
If the first place new technologies find their ‘home’ is pornography, the second is generally politics. (Not that the two are that closely related). An article in yesterday’s NY Times brought this point into sharp focus. The demands of...
Read moreTravel Channel Academy – DC
We have just completed another fantastic 4-day run of the Travel Channel Academy at Discovery HQ in Silver Spring, Md. The classes were great, and the students were visited and met with Pat Lafferty, Chief Creative Officer; Matt Gould,...
Read moreTravel Channel Academy Spot
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Read moreNBC Network News Goes VJ
[youtube=[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4F-gYjYU5Y&rel=1]] I am, of course, sorry they did not go with us, but as NBC starts running these ads, it would seem the ‘theoretical’ part of our conversation is now officially over.
Read moreWe Break 1,000 in One Day!
Thanks, Steve! A little more than a year ago, Steve Safran, of Lost Remote fame (and now I hear heading out on his own), suggested that I start a blog. I had no idea how to do this, so...
Read moreA VJ Story
[Youtube=[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HblwE0Opgfc&rel=1]] Foot Patrol by Raul Gallego Abellan. On March 3-4 we will conduct what I hope will be the world’s largest global VJ conference, DNA2008 in Brussels. As part of that conference, we will award our annual VJ Prize...
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