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 Trip Into Hell
Yesterday, I descended into the jaws of Hell… or at least it looked that way. I went down a long series of rickety, narrow metal stairs to a massive construction site under what used to be The World Trade...
Read moreResponding to TVjobs.com
The website tvjobs.com just ran a piece by Randy Tatano, in which he talks about the one time he picked up a camera in a newsroom and ended up shooting his feet. His advice to an aspiring young journalist...
Read morePublic Broadcasting Speech
Here’s a link (if you’ve got time) to a video of the keynote speech I gave in Boston last week at the public broadcasting conference. (Video courtesy PBS). http://www.integratedmedia.org/nav.cfm?cat=14&subcat=123&subsub=0
Read moreWhy TV News Sucks, Pt. 3
A TRAGIC WASTE OF MONEY AT CBS NEWS Yesterday’s New York Times had an 8-page, four color insert all about how great The New York Times was. It extolled their great reporting from all over the world. The back...
Read moreWhat Is News Worth?
FROM PIGEONS TO ONLINE PROFITS In 1815, Napoleon had just escaped from Elba. (Trust me, this is worth sticking with) After decades of warfare, Europe thought they had banished the French corporal forever, only to discover that he had...
Read more$13,000 Prize for best VJ News Piece
The Concentra Organziation, one of the largest media companies in Belgium (they have many newspapers and also 4 VJ-driven local news stations.. and partner in The Rosenblum Institute (www.rosenblum-institute.com) is again offering a 10,000 Euro (about $13,200 at current...
Read moreWhere The Jobs Are
Flying down to Miami on Friday, I picked up a copy of this week’s Time Magazine. Once you take out the advertising inserts, the magazine literally falls over at the staples. There is nothing inside – no advertising, and...
Read moreTV News Sucks – Part 2
In 1979 the Iranians seized the American Embassy in Teheran. In response, ABC News created a nightly news program called “America Held Hostage”. It was hosted by the then little-known Ted Koppel.
Read moreBreaking News
About 10 years ago, when The New York Times was first starting NYTimes.com, most of the newspaper’s senior staff were nervous about the web. They did not feel anything should appear on the website until it had already been...
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