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.
This Is Why Magazines Are Going Broke
Lewis Dvorkin Forbes Magazine, which used to bill itself ‘Capitalist Tool’ now moves boldly and bravely headlong into 2003. Unfortunately for Forbes this is 2010. Nearly 11. But Lewis Dvorkin’s recent column in Forbes this week, lays out in...
Read moreTrainspotting
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJmbxs2DeqY[/youtube] Nice work by Clifford Gow Videographer Clifford Gow took the video bootcamp filmmaking course in Northern Ireland. This is the short film he shot during the trainsing session. As you can see, he’s found 3 great characters in...
Read moreOne Day Shooting Course At Guardian Media Academy
You will be leaving the building in a few minutes… This week we start our partnership with The Guardian, what is, in my opinion, the best newspaper in the world. They also employ my good friend Gary Younge as...
Read moreRocco and Me
Sir Rocco Forte My old friend and mentor Carl Spielvogel told me ‘always go to the CEO. Anything else is a waste of time”. Last week we were in Manchester, England, working with The BBC. We booked into the...
Read moreWearable Video Camera
Lots of promise….. Kelly Doe, who is a graphic designer at The New York Times sent me a link to this. Looxcie, a wearable video camera. It could be an interesting step in video production. What looks like a...
Read moreNew York Magazine Video Academy
Live at midnight last night… Last night we launched The New York Magazine Video Academy. The website went up at midnight and by 12:05 we already had three people enrolled! New York is the undisputed media and television capital...
Read moreThe Price of Heroin – from the BBC VJ bootcamp
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5GIonSHa8c[/youtube] Powerful filmmaking from a BBC VJ Peter Wilson was an on-air reporter for The BBC until he took our Video Bootcamp. He had never touched a camera or an edit before in his life. He got the very same...
Read moreToday We Launch Guardian Media Academy in London
Our new logo Today, we are at the offices of The Guardian, one of the best (if not the best) newspapers in the world. In partnership with The Guardian, we have launched The Guardian Media Academy. The Guardian Media Academy is...
Read moreRobert
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH7jLOEuxRA[/youtube] Exploring the power of highly personalized video This is the story of Robert. He’s a kid who suffers from ADHA, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. It’s also the story of his mother. It was shot, edited and produced by...
Read moreNow There’s an Official White House VJ
Life at the top If there was ever any doubt about the ‘reality’ of VJs in the world of journalism, this should put a stop to it. TCA grad David Besemer sent me the following link to The New...
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