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.
Rothschild Speaks
Executive Producer (and Academy grad) Lori Rothschild Travel Channel President and GM Pat Younge recently declared that all employees of The Travel Channel will have to take the Academy VJ training course. It’s a good move. We start with...
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photos courtesy Leif Heidman / Sweden
Read moreTravel Channel Academy NYC
Back from Brussels Wednesday night, and Thursday at 9AM we kick off yet another NY based Travel Channel Academy. Matt Gould, VP for Development addressed the group this morning, and Pat Younge, President and GM for the network will...
Read moreCourtesty David Martin
Normally, I like to write all my own material, but David Martin does it far better this morning. Take a look: Reading the new Clay Shirky book. A good read; highly recommended… “In a world where publishing is effortless,...
Read moreRosenblum Institute Opens In Netherlands
Today the Rosenblum Institute begins a partnership with the Dutch Media Academy in Hilversum, Netherlands. The Rosenblum Institute is a partnership between Rosenblum Associates and Concentra, one of the largest media companies in Belgium. Four years ago, we began...
Read moreDNA2008 Day 2
Our pal, Pat Younge from Travel Channel explains the Academy concept to the Europeans. The South African team concentrates on the VJ movement they are bringing back. Full house at the Marriott. Next year we have to find a bigger...
Read moreDNA2008 Day 1
The first DNA2008 conference starts outside the Brussels Marriott. The hotel rolled out the red carpet for us, (but in this case, it was in black and white, but with our logo on it!) Nice touch. When we started,...
Read moreIn The Jury Room
Get the white smoke ready…. Today, we spent the day sequestered in a conference room on the second floor of the Brussels Marriott, trying to reach a decision on the winner of the 2008 Concentra Award for Videojournalism. This...
Read moreRosenblum Institute Coming To South Africa
Where the hell is lunch? We spent the day today at the Rosenblum Institute in Brussels meeting with Concentra News execs as well as a team that flew up yesterday all the way from Capetown, South Africa. Among other...
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