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.
A VJ Speaks Up
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG0unrDNyNs[/youtube] Mark Jones, a highly accomplished journalist with KRON/4 in San Francisco explains what it is like to work as a videojournalist and why he does it. Jones is no ‘kid with a camcorder’. He has been in the...
Read moreTCA Colorado – The Results
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_UG0nHFoPs&feature=channel_page[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY5Eee3i_3g&feature=channel_page[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu0PLjMOra8&feature=channel_page[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KHuziPa69w&feature=channel_page[/youtube] These videos, and many others, were all shot, written, tracked, edited and produced by students at the Colorado Travel Channel Academy.
Read moreVisit From A Reader
Come on by! Blogging and communicating on the web creates a new kind of relationship. You can get to know someone fairly well and yet never meet them. Sometimes, these relationships can go on for years. Announcing that we...
Read moreNot Your Usual Bootcamp
We’re going into our third day at the Travel Channel Academy bootcamp here in Vail, Colorado. We’ve made a partnership with Keystone Ski Resorts and we’re running a ski/shoot vacation for outdoor filmmakers. The conditions have been great. Temps...
Read moreTaking Video to the Next Level
Mark Rothko….videographer? I live over the Musuem of Modern Art in NY. The apartment is in fact, part of the museum, and as such, we are members of the museum. With our membership we can bypass the long lines...
Read moreImages from DNA2009
It looked touch and go until the very last minutes. Many other media conferences have simply thrown in the towel and cancelled. We decided not to, and our blind faith (and deep anxiety) paid off as more than 250...
Read moreThe Zombie Media
Hold the front page! They are the walking dead. Conventional media companies, that is. They are already dead, they just don’t know it. “I’m still alive” they say. Tear off an arm… or fire 30% of your editorial staff…...
Read moreThe Winner Is….
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/3335210[/vimeo] Alexandra Garcia, videojournalist with The Washington Post has won the Concentra Award for Videojournalism for 2009. The 10,000 Euro prize, along with the statue will be awarded to her as soon as she returns from her current shooting...
Read moreLive Blogging DNA2009
Prepping for the award… Following lunch, the established media got a chance to react to the Google new media threat. Ben Hammersly from Wired Magazine chaired the session, and was joined by Simon Bucks, from Sky news, Pat Loughrey...
Read moreLive Blogging DNA
front row, center I am live blogging from DNA2009.com here in Brussels at the Plaza Hotel. We had a great deal of trepidation as we approached the opening day. Many other conferences had and have cancelled. We pushed on…...
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