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.
Who Becomes a VJ?
….Drew Carey, student…. PF Bentley… Instructor…. Risk Takers… One of our regular contributors here got in touch with one of our VJs, Karin Thayer. Following that, he did a bit of research into Thayer’s bio, and posted the following:
Read moreThe Price of Heroin
BBC VJ/Correspondent Peter Wilson produces a remarkably intimate portrait of a middle class heroin addict. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5GIonSHa8c]
Read moreA VJ Story
Here is a VJ story – shot, produced, edited, written and tracked by Mike Kraus, VJ. The opening scenese where Kraus appears on camera were shot by his wife, not a VJ, just his wife. Kraus was trained at...
Read more5Takes Rio
Here’s a promo (VJ – Fleur Amesz), for this show this week. Tune in. Saturday 10pm. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUKkvOhE5ZA]
Read moreWho Lost Afghanistan?
….jeez… it was here a minute ago….. There are several great advantages to living a trans-Atlantic life: You get to rack up endless frequent flier miles. You get to really understand your body clock. You get to see the...
Read moreYou Won’t See This on Local News….*
Just in from 5Takes Latin America….. Here is the most recent vlog from ‘tj’ Erika as she and 4 others make their way across Latin America. (Glad to see you found it) We supplied them with video cameras, laptops...
Read moreHillary, your web videos suck!
…anacin…anacin….anacin…… His name was Rosser Reeves and he changed the world. You may never have heard of him, but you should have. He created, to a large, extent, the world we live in today.
Read moreThis Is What Journalism Has Become….
June 8, 1972. Nick Ut, (Huynh Cong Ut), captures this Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of Phan Thị Kim Phúc. The 9 year old girl running toward the camera to flee a South Vietnamese napalm attack on the Trang Bang village...
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