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.
Carpe Medium – Part 1
Is this the face of the future? The New York Times ran a fascinating piece today in the Entertainment section about Rosie O’Donnell’s webcasts. Having left The View, and network television, lately she has taken to webcasting her own...
Read moreReflections on Design
Santiago Calatrava, Malmo, Sweden I am putting together a new series for Discovery on architecture around the world with Paul Goldberger, architecture critic for The New Yorker.
Read moreThank You Thomas J. Watson
A life-changing experience….. The expression ‘Changed my Life’ is bandied about easily. Not this time. Thirty years ago today (though it now seems hard to believe that so much time has passed), a powerful life-changing event in my own...
Read moreWho Becomes a VJ?
….Drew Carey, student…. PF Bentley… Instructor…. Risk Takers… One of our regular contributors here got in touch with one of our VJs, Karin Thayer. Following that, he did a bit of research into Thayer’s bio, and posted the following:
Read moreThe Price of Heroin
BBC VJ/Correspondent Peter Wilson produces a remarkably intimate portrait of a middle class heroin addict. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5GIonSHa8c]
Read moreA VJ Story
Here is a VJ story – shot, produced, edited, written and tracked by Mike Kraus, VJ. The opening scenese where Kraus appears on camera were shot by his wife, not a VJ, just his wife. Kraus was trained at...
Read more5Takes Rio
Here’s a promo (VJ – Fleur Amesz), for this show this week. Tune in. Saturday 10pm. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUKkvOhE5ZA]
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