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.
How To Make Millions As A Journalist
And why not??? I am writing today’s blog in conjunction with the Carnival of Journalism , Dave Cohn’s ongoing journalism project. If you feel like participating, please do. The issue I wanted to write about for some time is Journalism...
Read moreWhen The Old World Collides With The New in Thailand
Hmong village near the Burmese border in Thailand Lisa and I have come to Thailand for New Year’s. Tomorrow we are off to Angkor Wat in Cambodia before returning to the UK. I shot this yesterday in a tiny...
Read moreHow To Make Great Sports Video – It’s More Than The Scores
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS–9cu3MJo[/youtube] After travel videos, sports is probably the biggest subject most people like to shoot And there’s a huge market for sports videos, and like much else in the video world, we are only getting started. I screen lots...
Read moreCritique’s Corner – Time Travel by Martell
Lots to work with in this one! OK Hope everyone had a happy holiday! We are in England on our way to Hong Kong, but I wanted to pick up the thread of the blog by critquing a few...
Read moreWe’re In The Money – Old Events, New Reveues
We’re in the money! The game of baseball was being played for a long time before networks started to put it on TV. It was something that was simply ‘there’, and the ability to see it was limited to...
Read moreAdam Ellick – Journalist
Adam Ellick Two years ago we gave our $15,000 Concentra Prize for Video Journalism to Adam Ellick Adam is a VJ for The New York Times. Even to this day, a lot of people denigrate the idea of a...
Read moreFive Biggest Mistakes in Video
I Saw The Number 5 In Gold by Charles Demuth Just back from London and spending the day screening videos. I have been in this business for nearly 25 years (which is pretty amazing and depressing at the same...
Read moreLooking for VJs
This could be you…. A few months ago I put out a call for VJs and Videojournalists from around the world. VPRO, the Dutch Public Television Network is running a magazine show called Metropolis, and they are seeking to...
Read moreMad Men and the Death of the Networks
A winner Today I am cancelling part of my Time/Warner cable package – the part that pays for HBO and Showtime and all that other stuff that I don’t watch. Between the web and Apple TV I am rapidly...
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