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.
Like Harry Potter – only moreso I am a member of a group called Carnival of Journalism. It was founded by Dave Cohn, and is funded by the Knight Foundation. (Even if Knight has turned me down three years...
Read moreTelevision, Technology and The Civil War
Dr. Nancy Hooten and a very big gun…. This week we are in Savannah Georgia, on our way to Charleston and The Citadel Tomorrow. But today we spent the day touring Savannah with Dr. Nancy Hooten – local artist...
Read moreAs Video Gets Easier To Make, TV News Runs From It
blah… blah… blah…. A very interesting opinion piece by Dave Marash, formerly from WCBS, formerly from CBS and most formerly from Al Jazzera. He published it in the Columbia Journalism Review. It’s called Fade To Black and the essence...
Read moreApparently, The Revolution Will Be Televised
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS3QOtbW4m0[/youtube] Gil Scott Heron – he was great.. but he was wrong… Today we are in the eighth day of the so-called Wall Street Takeover. So far, it appears to be mostly an unfocused mess. As Gina Belafonte reports...
Read moreHow To Start Your Own TV Network Today
If he can do it… anyone can.. There was a time not so long ago when, if you wanted your own TV show you had to work your way up the ranks.. and even then, it was next to...
Read moreHelp A Brother Out!
[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/28363455[/vimeo] Really nicely shot Long time VJ (and NYVS contributor) PFÂ Bentley lives on the Island of Molokai in the Hawaiian chain. For those of you unfamiliar with Molokai, here’s a photo: Who want’s to trade places with PF Bentley?...
Read moreHow To Make Millions Video Blogging
My friend Josh Wolf… OK Like the headline above: Videobloggers Make Millions Through Online Content? Me too. But I didn’t make it up. I stole it from The BBC’s website today. Look: What do they mean? Here’s what they say:...
Read moreHow Barack Obama Could Win An Emmy – And Maybe Get Re-Elected
It was called ‘television’. It was like Youtube except you only had 5 channels – hard to believe! In 1960, John F. Kennedy, a one-term senator from Massachussets ran against Richard Nixon, the Vice President of the US for...
Read moreContagion: Wait a minute! Haven’t I Seen This Movie Before?
No talking! OK So last night we went to see CONTAGION, the movie starring Kate Winslet, Gwynneth Paltrow, Matt Damon and just about everyone else. My review: feh. The biggest problem I had with this movie is that I have...
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