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.
That’s Entertainment… or news? Or Both.
Coming soon to a theater new year… and a museum, apparently… In 1985, Neil Postman wrote what would become the epitaph for our age: Amusing Ourselves to Death. In it he postulated that as television and video became more...
Read moreIs Journalism Dead?
Last week, Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann announced that she would not be running for another term in Congress. This is fine (really), but instead of holding a press conference, she released a video explaining her rationalization for the move. The...
Read moreChicago Sun-Times Fires Photogs, Trains Staff on iPhone
Yesterday, the Chicago Sun-Times announced that they were firing their entire photography staff. Today, they announced that they would start training their reporters to take their own photos using an iPhone. Media writer Robert Feder surfaced this on...
Read moreWhat Future For Photography?
We recently went to the Bill Brandt show at the Museum of Modern Art. Brandt is a very famous photographer, but in all honesty, when I saw most of his work my reaction was ‘what’s the big deal?’...
Read moreAttack of the Librarians
One way… Last week I wrote a blog about the future of physical libraries in an online and digital world. Can they survive? Is there a place for them? I also published it in The Huffington Post. I have...
Read moreBreaking Bad Vs. The Great Gatsby
We went to see The Great Gatsby last night. Hated it. Hated… hated… hated… OK. Hated. Talking about it to Lisa over dinner after the movie (she rather liked it, I think), she asked why I hated...
Read moreThe .01% Solution
Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one. A. J. Liebling (1904 – 1963) The world of the media used to be a rich man’s playground. It cost a lot of money to buy...
Read moreScott Pelley Is No Fred Friendly !!
Scott Pelley (CBS) accepts the Fred Friendly Journalism Award… Fred Friendly was a friend of mine. He was also my teacher at Columbia University, and later my professional mentor. He launched my career in television and media. So it...
Read moreThe Alzheimer’s Syndrome and The Web
Have we met before??? There’s an old joke: The good thing about Alzheimer’s? You always meet new people. What does this have to do with media on the web? Everything, I think. Up until now, we have always lived...
Read moreWhat’s a Library?
Library under construction – along with a 50 story hotel and condo…. I live across the street from a library… or at least what used to be a library. The Donnell Library on West 53rd Street. Today, it...
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