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.
Creation Nation
Today, we are all creationists. Not in the sense that you might think. Not in the way that they think of this in South Carolina. We are all creationsists now, or soon will be, becasue we are all in...
Read moreElizabeth Piccoli – RIP
In her apartment in Milan… I was a very neurotic teenager. Very. I spent years in ‘therapy’ with a string of psychiatrists. I was also an ‘A’ student at Williams College. So when I graduated from Williams, I won...
Read moreWhat Would Facebook Look Like on Oculus?
It seems to be over here…. I just got my Oculus Developer’s Kit… Between this and Google Glass, I am having a busy time with the new and explosive world of ‘wearable tech’. Clearly this is going to happen.....
Read moreLook Me In The Eye When You Say That
The videos above were produced for the GOP. I think the idea was to make the GOP more attractive to ‘young voters’. I don’t know if they work or not, but I can tell the GOP one thing that...
Read moreA New Kind of Magazine Journalist
Last week, I found myself at The Oval, in London. As an American, I had no idea what “The Oval” was, but as soon as I told the taxi driver he knew. “Cricket!” he said. For me, “cricket” goes...
Read moreThe Power of Storytelling
There is no point in taking all the time and effort required to find, shoot, script and edit a video piece if in the end no one wants to watch it. You may start with a great opening shot,...
Read moreFirst Google Glass Master Class at Guardian
More than 70 people turned out to see ‘Glass’ LONDON: Last night we ran the first Google Glass Master Class with The Guardian newspaper in London, at their offices. Glass, for those who are not yet familiar with it,...
Read moreSeeing The World Through Glass
Next week I am going to give a series of seminars on Google Glass in London. (Feel free to attend!) In order to get ready for this, I have been wearing (using?) Glass for the past two months. It...
Read moreRTE Raises the iPhone Bar
@philipbromwell shoots and astonishing broadcast piece with an iPhone for RTE/Ireland @GlenBMulcahy has always been on the cutting edge of the use of new technologies for broadcast and journalism, but now he takes RTE to an entirely new level...
Read moreNow It’s All iPhone All The Time
Dublin Dockers by Philip Bromwell, RTE/Ireland There is no question that the iPhone is a real game-changer for video – and apparently for television. We have done an increasing number of video trainings with iPhones only – most recently...
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