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.
What’s Your Trip?
We are sitting out here assembling the first three shows for What’s Your Trip – our user generated series for The Travel Channel. We have screened literally thousands of videos, some crap, some great, but all done by ‘non...
Read moreWhere We Ever Here?
two potsherds join…. from Tel Anafa The other day I was cleaning out a storeroom and I came across videotapes of my wedding (or should I call it my ex-wedding) in 1993.
Read moreBarbarians At The Gate
The world at your feet… In 1162, a child named Temujin was born in a small village in the depths of the Mongolian grasslands.
Read moreThe DNA of Technology
it’s in the genes….. We have a tendency to believe that technology is a tool.
Read moreErnest Bujok
While everyone else is at the pool…. Ernest Bujok is one of our houseguests this week.
Read moreThe Four Cs
Brandon Follett prepares to ‘Bourdain’ a roach in Thailand…. I spent most of yesterday screening submissions for “What’s Your Trip”, a new series we are producing for The Travel Channel.
Read moreGrameen Video?
Brother can you spare a dime? In 2006, Mohammed Yunis received the Nobel Peace Prize. Mohammed Yunis was and is a banker, and we generally don’t think of giving the Nobel Peace Prize to bankers. But Yunis was different,...
Read moreAn Ode to Sailing
The Swan under full sail…. This has, at long last, nothing to do with videojournalism, television news or the video revolution. This is August and this is about boats.
Read moreBreakfast with Richard Bookstaber
This morning we had breakfast with my friend and neighbor Richard Bookstaber on the back deck of his house in the Hamptons. It is on the water and the views were incredible, as was the food.
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