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.
Why Journalism Failed
key to survival A posting on b-roll.net and a conversation at lunch yesterday with Kevin Klose, former President of NPR and new Dean of the Phillip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland gave me food for...
Read moreTravel Channel Academy VJ Hits It Big!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDjJnprA7ys[/youtube] Bradley Nesbitt, VJ for our Verizon station in DC and trainer for Travel Channel Academy courses makes a big hit with his ESPN video. We expect to see Bradly as a regular on ESPN in the near future....
Read moreA Day at the Travel Channel Academy
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX2BjNIBfKw&feature=PlayList&p=9D2BD5EFA11953BD&index=0[/youtube] TCA Grad Mike Ungar’s story on what it is like to be a student at the TCA. This week’s students will relate.
Read moreTravel Channel Academy DC
Back to school in September…. This morning we are kicking off a whole new Travel Channel Academy here in DC. On the heels of the Radio Free Europe session in Prague, (and starting with GSA.gov in DC in two...
Read moreWhat is Youtube Worth?
TV on Life Support… In 1994 I owned a company called VNI, Video News International. One of the things that we did was to produce television shows for cable, and one of the shows we produced was called Trauma,...
Read moreBillions Served
Watch this space… US Internet viewers watched a staggering 8.9 billion videos last month. Last month! 99% of these were on Youtube. So reports 247wallst.com. This number is simply astonishing. On Youtube, the average number of videos watched per...
Read moreUnder Water
The 747 of its day… Yesterday we flew from London back to New York. We were on Virgin Atlantic, the best airline for that trip, and laying down, covered in a duvet, I turned on the reading light and...
Read moreRadio Free Europe goes to Video
The new building… About four months ago we started a project with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty here in Prague. We took them from radio to video. RFE/RL has some of the most dedicated reporters in the world, working in...
Read moreMember/Contributor?
Sign me up Jeff Jarvis runs an interesting commentary as organizations like The New York Times try to find ways to monetize their websites. Maybe hats and umbrellas like NPR for the NY Times? I think he’s close but...
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