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 in Journalism

Wake up!!! OK. So yesterday I had my meeting with Nick Lemann, the Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. I pitched him my concept. Here it is: 1.  I want to run a course at...

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I Need Your Support!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyLkJz3oWfA[/youtube] The deadline for the Knight News Challenge Grant has been extended. Just when I thought we might be coming to the close, they have extended the challenge until December 15.   They have also invited people to submit...

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Columbia University Graduate School of The Internet

www.thefuture.com I have a meeting with Nicholas Lemann this afternoon. He is the Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. I, myself, am a graduate of the J-school at Columbia, class of ’83. I also taught...

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Church & State

Go make money…. My friend and Columbia classmate Barbara Selvin is a professor of journalism at Stony Brook on Long Island. Every year, she invites me to come and talk to the class.  I am going on Friday. Yesterday,...

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Travel Channel Academy – Santa Barbara

Lisa explains the ‘legal stuff’ to the class Arthur helps explain how the edit works Kelly explains sound mixing

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Two VJ Success Stories

Here’s a look at two VJ success stories from two different VJs at different places in their careers. The first is from Jules Broste, who took the TCA in Colorado on our Ski/Shoot seminars with Vail Resorts.  Jules has...

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As Exciting as Watching Cookies Bake….

Tonight! Most Haunted Castles of Denmark!! I was reading Cynopsis this morning and it made me think: Next month, TLC brings back its reality series Table for 12 chronicling the abundant Hayes family, with all-new back-to-back episodes starting November 10 at 8p and...

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High Tech Artisians

Hand made high tech Yesterday, as part of my ‘birthday surprise’, Lisa took me to the airport where we got on a small prop plane and headed off to parts unknown. The unknown part turned out to be  Bar...

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Waking Up to Salgado

This morning I woke up to Sebastao Salgado. or at least a print by him… being held up by my wife. Today is my birthday, and at this age, it is something I would rather forget than remember, but...

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TCA Advanced Courses Kick Off in DC

The hard working Arthur Hsu, liason to the Grads Yesterday we kicked off our first advanced course for the Travel Channel Academy down here in DC at Travel Channel HQ. We had been thinking of running a series of...

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