Archive for September, 2007
Community Technology and Public Access TV
QuickTime Video
Back in March, I spoke with Felicia M. Sullivan, Executive Director of Organizers’ Collaborative and former Director of Community Programming at Lowell Telecommunications Corporation about a number of issues related to PEG access TV and the Internet.
This short video features an excerpt from our conversation about the early use of networked technology [...]
PEG Access TV and Why Local Newspapers Matter
Thanks to Rob McCausland (Director of Information and Organizing Services for the Alliance for Community Media), and his incredibly resourceful Clippings for PEG Access TV, I can subscribe to an RSS feed of daily news on issues related to community television from around the world.
These daily updates have played a large part in the research [...]
PCN-Boston Forum Event on Community Media
I was just reviewing the Benton Foundation’s excellent report on Community Media by Fred Johnson (UMass Boston) with Karen Menichelli (Benton Foundation) and learned today that Fred will be speaking about the report at a Progressive Communicators Network-Boston Forum event next Wednesday, here in Boston. Here are the details:
“What’s going on in Community Media?
A [...]
PEG Access TV and The Place of Social Media
I’m still looking for feedback on my last post regarding cable access centers using Internet video, but I wanted to contribute a new thread to this discussion.
As mobile web technologies rapidly advance with the release of the iPhone and other portable devices, it strikes me that the “Place of Social Media” becomes increasingly important [...]
Seeking Feedback on Web Video Platforms
Over the past year, I’ve been exploring online, and talking with community media workers about, a variety of “web 2.0″ tools being used at Community Media Centers. Blogs, podcasts, wikis, social bookmarking, video mapping, and other social media platforms have generated much interest and discussion around which tools are most relevant to their center’s work [...]
Back in the E-Saddle
“Saddles” photo by miladus
Sometimes all you need is a little inspiration (or push) to get you blogging again. Amy Gahran’s recent article, “Blogging Without the Time Sink” was just what I needed:
A blog post is not (or at least, it shouldn’t be) a writing assignment you must prep for and deliver as a finished package. [...]
