Sent to us from Erin Kinney at Brookline Interactive Group: BIG / Public VR Lab Launches Immigration & Migration Participatory Media XR/VR Project at HUBweek 2018 Brookline Interactive Group (BIG) and its project, the Public VR Lab, are proudly announcing that they will be presenting the Boston-only release of their immersive stories from their Arrival: Immigration […]
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A Few Updates from the Northeast States
Maine After years of committed service, Sally Ann Hebert stepped down from the ACM-NE Board of Directors as the representative from the Community Television Association of Maine (CTAM). Sally still chairs CTAM, still works as Deputy Tax Collector, Deputy Town Clerk and Registrar of Voters in the Town of Greene, and still manages WGLT (Greene […]
Preparing for November 6
This came in recently from Tracey Gilles & Jane Morriss, Ayer Public Access Television 12 Candidates for Niki Tsongas Congressional Seat Interviewed One-on-One by Ayer Public Access Television. Next Tuesday (September 4, 2018), Democratic voters who live in one of the 37 towns located in Massachusetts’ Third Congressional District will be asked to choose one candidate […]
What a scholarship is good for
We received this from Danielle Maloney from Germantown NY and PANDA 23 , who went to “Be More,” the national ACM conference last July on a Paul Berg Scholarship from ACM Northeast. I had a great experience attending the 2018 ACM National Conference in Baltimore. I learned a lot from the panel sessions I attended. Also of equal importance to […]
New Job Posting
Bedford TV is looking for a Production & Outreach Specialist (part-time) to work with their Executive Director and Events & Creative Services Manager. Deadline to apply is Monday, September 10. Read the details here: BedfordMA Production and Outreach Specialist Job Description
A Convo with our Friends at BRIC
Anthony Riddle has been Vice-President of Community Media at BRIC Media Center in Brooklyn, NY for over 5 years. Many remember him from years past as Executive Director of the national Alliance for Community Media. Erica Jones, ACM-NE Chair, pitched a few questions at this dynamite community media leader…. What new projects/initiatives is BRIC taking […]
A little something from BIG
BIG invites the Brookline Community to Star in a Remake of a Classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Scene If you have ever watched Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, there is a good chance that the famous scene in which he sings “Twist and Shout” on top of a parade float to the delight of hundreds of […]
What happened in Baltimore
Brendan Tenan was one of three people receiving a Paul Berg scholarship to go to the BeMore conference in July 2018. The following comments are his take on that event: I had a great experience attending the 2018 ACM National Conference in Baltimore. I learned a lot from the panel sessions I attended. Also of equal importance […]
Representing the Northeast
If you were not able to enter anything in this year’s Hometown Media Awards, you may not have taken the time to scroll thru the winners for 2018. But if you did, the first thing you would notice is the preponderance of Northeast members listed. And the next thing you might have noticed is how […]
Something unexpected from New York
ACM New York recently shared something fairly unexpected for some states: a public services regulator not coming down on the side of a cable provider. A post on their Facebook page leads to a July 27, 2018 story in the Times Union newsite: “PSC orders Charter cable giant out of NY.” This was also reported on […]