http://cmediachange.net/blog PEG Access TV and the Social Web Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:28:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Unfortunately, I was sick this past weekend and couldn't make it to our Boston Action Tank workshop, "Strategies for Shaping the Media/Tech Future: Policy, Funding & Organizing," at the Grassroots Use of Technology conference in Lowell, MA.  However, I am looking forward to presenting at the Alliance for Community ... http://cmediachange.net/blog/2008/07/01/videoblogging-workshop-at-acm-2008-conference/ There is a nice mention in the Cambridge Chronicle today about my co-workers' project, NeighborMedia at CCTV. The article, written by Evelyn Ratigan is entitled, "Journalism project takes reporting to the backyard -- literally." Congrats to Julie Adler for the great press and all of her hard work leading ... http://cmediachange.net/blog/2008/06/12/community-journalism-covers-hyperlocal-journalism/ Tony Shawcross of Denver Open Media was recently awarded $380,000 by the Knight News Challenge to develop new "Tools for Public Access TV": "This project will enable public access TV stations and community technology centers to use common tools to create web sites that enable the transfer of video between the ... http://cmediachange.net/blog/2008/05/23/tony-shawcross-wins-knight-news-challenge-grant/ Jason Daniels from Medfield Community Cable Access posted notes from the Alliance for Community Media Northeast Region Conference on "Migrating to a CMS." "The goal of this session is to get an Access center in the right frame of mind to begin the process of moving their website from a static ... http://cmediachange.net/blog/2008/05/16/migrating-to-a-content-management-system/ From Matt Schuster, Chair of the Alliance for Community Media's Board of Directors: "With media consolidation, the further commercialization of media and a reduction of public affairs programming and independent voices on commercial television, the role of community media is more valuable today than ever. Over the past several years, community ... http://cmediachange.net/blog/2008/05/06/keep-us-connected/ My co-workers and I had a meeting today to discuss plans for our new website. Two important things caught my attention in thinking about how to frame the work we're doing through our visual and semantic design. First, visual design. The thing that sets us (community media centers) apart ... http://cmediachange.net/blog/2008/05/02/community-media-20-its-still-about-us-and-our-physical-communities/ On my way into work this morning, I noticed an article in the Boston Metro entitled, "Pol eye YouTube for city life." In it, Greg St. Martin talks about how Boston City Councilor, Rob Consalvo is interested in using YouTube to "broadcast" PSA's to reach younger audiences. ... http://cmediachange.net/blog/2008/05/01/youtube-and-public-access-television/ I submitted my thesis to the Department of Graduate Studies at Emerson College this afternoon. It's entitled "Community Media in Transition: Public Access Television in the Age of YouTube." I appreciated the feedback I received from my committee during my defense. They recommended that I spend a bit more ... http://cmediachange.net/blog/2008/04/28/thesis-submitted-and-the-work-ahead/ Well, I just dropped off my thesis to the printer. I'm REALLY hoping that it comes back in one piece. I have to submit it to grad studies in the afternoon, following my defense, and after tracking down all the relevant signatures I need. I will be providing an ... http://cmediachange.net/blog/2008/04/27/almost-there/   The following message is from a post to the Action Coalition for Media Education e-list from Liza Dichter (Center for International Media Action): "FROM: Chrissy Harmon: mom, teacher and brand-new community media maker.... Can you take 4 minutes to watch some grassroots media and help me fight for my local community TV ... http://cmediachange.net/blog/2008/04/19/grassroots-media-to-support-local-community-tv/