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.
TED’s CHRIS ANDERSON on THE FUTURE AND ONLINE VIDEO
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Zo53M0lcY[/youtube] Chris Anderson- it’s long but worth the time to watch Chris Anderson is the founder of TED – Technology Entertainment Design conferences. From what was once a small LA based experiment, the TED Talks have grown to...
Read moreThere’s a Lot of Really Bad Advice Out There – video wise
NO, NO and NO! Yesterday, I got a tweet from my friend (and in the Facebook age, aren’t we all friends?) @profsamuels, (he’s a prof at NYU but also works at CNN, so says his Facebook page. We have...
Read moreWhy You Don’t Want To Drag Around That Stupid Tripod All Day
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZkRklAsEEg[/youtube] Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England Last night we had dinner with a senior executive at a major UK broadcasting network – all to remain unnamed. He’s interested in training his reporters to work as VJs. All to...
Read moreCNN Lays Off 50 Staffers – Blames “Technology”
Comments 37 First video killed the radio star, and now technology is killing editing and videographer jobs — at least at CNN. The cable news network today laid off 50 staffers in the Atlanta, New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles,...
Read moreHow To Use Video To Grow Your Business (really big)
Tom Carvel and Cookiepuss.. When I was a kid growing up in NYÂ there used to be ads on the local TV station, WPIX-9 for Carvel Ice Cream. The ads featured Tom Carvel, who believe me, was no TVÂ professional. But...
Read moreHow To Make Great Travel Videos
The King of Travel Videos – at least at the moment… Bhisgen posted a question a few days ago that really got me thinking. He asked how you apply the 5-shot rules to travel videos. This made me realize that...
Read moreCNN Cuts Its Cameramen
Not exactly breaking news… In a nod to the obvious, CNN announced yesterday that it was cutting its corps of cameramen. Photographers, editors and other staffers in Atlanta, New York, Washington, DC, Los Angeles and Miami are being let...
Read moreKBAK-TV in Bakersfiled makes “Network” look like a documentary film
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWyvVlXtJms&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] And now.. this…. OK. I was going to title this – End Of The World Part VII. This is actually a local news station in Bakersfield, California. They created a music video to sell their viewers on the...
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