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.
From the Mailbag
NEW VJ AWARD ANNOUNCED Sabina Streich, Germany’s “VJ Queen” writes to me to day to announce a new VJ Award being offered by the “4th Annual Video Journalism Awards in Mainz, Germany” Mainz, as you may know, was the...
Read moreBe Afraid. Be Very Afraid….
Courtesy, “Buck” at b-roll.net Thanks, Buck, for always including me in your tag line. Our pals over at b-roll.net, the website for professional cameramen, have posted the above photo in response to a local Florida TV Station, Tampa Bay...
Read moreTravel Channel Academy – Texas!
“The eyes of Texas are upon you… all the live long day!” OK. It’s July in Austin, so it’s hot. Really hot. But San Antonio is providing us with tons of material to shoot. At the invitation of Texas...
Read moreFrom The Mailbag
Ryan Van Duzer – Travel Channel Academy alum at work Today we are in San Antonio, Texas (home of the Alamo), where we are starting our first Texas based Travel Channel Academy. Â Ironically, I also received an email...
Read moreStrange Fascination
The Tower of Power…. Friends Grant and JoAnn were recent houseguests of ours. They came visiting from England, and spent a week here in New York, staying with us. Like any good houseguests, they gave us a small gift...
Read moreThat’s The Power of Video
OK. you can stay for dinner. Just don’t trash the place…. Our favorite hard rockers stopped by yesterday. Bjorn and Nitzan (he’s Bjorn and she’s Nitzan), are the lead singer and guitarist in the European rock band Drive Like...
Read moreHere’s One For The Little Guys
Hey, isn’t that Matt Roloff on the right? I am getting married in a month. The soon-to-be Mrs. Rosenblum is pictured above, on my right. (The 6’6″ guy in the picture, you will notice, has no one on their...
Read moreCongratulations Matt Gould
Is this all you have to eat? Matt Gould, our old pal, stopped by for dinner. He and his family have left Silver Spring (home of Discovery Networks), and moved to New York, as he starts his new job...
Read moreBikini Car Wash
Not too long ago, one of our less than supportive friends (hard to believe but true), was asking ‘what happened to all the VJs from 5Takes? Are they working’. Well, strangely enough, yesterday, I ran in to Francisco Aliwalas,...
Read moreIt really IS the end of the world….
And the winner is……. “Are we living in the last century of our civilization? Is it possible that all of our technology, knowledge and wealth cannot save us from ourselves? Could our society actually be heading towards collapse? -From...
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