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.
Our Summer Interns @work
Summer interns Josh Stipanovich and Brett Savaglio at work in Jersey City This summer we have taken on two summer interns. In order to make sure that they actually learn something, I took them out in the field yesterday...
Read moreGoing Solo- Videojournalism in the 21st Century: a book
Someone has to fill the vacuum OK. The Oprah Winfrey Show is no more. And hence, neither is Oprah’s Book Club Thus, I feel it incumbent upon me to fill the intellectual vacuum left by the demise of this...
Read moreAs Magazines Transit to Tablets They’re Going To Need Video – Lots
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgPaeXaipD4[/youtube] Meredith’s John Zieser explains Parents Magazine on the tablet Meredith publishes a long list of magazines that you are probably intimately familiar with, from Better Homes and Gardens to Ladies Home Journal to Parents and beyond. Meredith, in...
Read moreFive Tips for Emerging Videojournalists and One Tip for Time Magazine
Here’s the link. Can’t embed. Trust me, worth a look at the Time Magazine Video. Andrew Barron, you were ahead of your time… I recently ran across a piece in a site called Innovative Interactivity (II) (I don’t know...
Read moreWhy Ziff-Davis Seems To Have No Idea About Video At All
[youtube]http://youtu.be/xn93nY2l1_k[/youtube] Its eWeek, but I think the week was March 2, 1973 The video above is from a website called Eweek.com I was drawn to the site by a twitter reference to an article called “5 Ways To Build...
Read moreHow To Make Great Wedding Videos?
No kidding.. they did their own videos with a flipcam… An estimated 1 billion people watched the Royal Wedding last month. Everyone loves a wedding, and for most people, it’s the single most important day of their lives. (For...
Read moreGil Scott Heron Dead at 62 – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
[youtube]http://youtu.be/BS3QOtbW4m0[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS3QOtbW4m0&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Gil Scott Heron, Godfather of rap and hip hop dead at 62. Heron’s greatest hit, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised was a fascinating commentary on how conventional network TV ignored, and would ignore the struggle of...
Read moreFashion Magazines and Not So Fashionable Video
Very slick, very high end, very well done Welcome to the world of Marie Claire, a very high-end women’s fashion magazine. It is slick Its photograhic images are stunning. Like every other newspaper and magazine in the world, Marie...
Read more30 Rock, NBC, Youtube and The Age of the Universe
Something very big and basic is happening Youtube just released its latest numbers and they are truly astonishing. People are now uploading video to Youtube at the rate of 48 hours of content every minute This is almost...
Read moreCan You Use Video To Sell A House?
Can you turn this into compelling video? HGTV remains our ‘go to’ place when there is nothing else on to watch – which is often. The inherent drama or House Hunters (which one will they buy) combined with the...
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