The Alliance for Community Media filed an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court today defending the constitutionality of thousands of PEG Access cable channels that serve communities across the United States. The brief rejects arguments to the Supreme Court by NCTA, the cable industry’s trade association, in a case that revolves around the rights of public access […]
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Author: Erica Jones
Our Roots: Remembering George Stoney
George Stoney was a filmmaker and PEG pioneer and although he rejected the title he is known as the “father of public access television”. Written and prepared by Amy Davies, ACM-NE Board Member Stoney began making films in the 1940’s for the Southern Educational Film Production. It was important to Stoney that his films had […]
ACM National Update: FCC, Supreme Court ...
Government Shutdown and the FCC If there’s a silver lining in the federal government shutdown, it’s that the FCC went dark last week. That means there’s no action on the FNPRM on cable franchising or any other non-essential work of the Commission. Once the FCC is back from the shutdown, ACM will be setting up ex parte meetings […]
Event: The ACM & ACM-NE “Road Show”
The Alliance for Community Media and ACM-NE along with the support of many state organizations in the Northeast are organizing a series of Strategic Planning discussions with PEG stations during the week of Presidents Day. Please consider joining us as we talk about potential revenue and channel impacts and we discuss scenarios stations should consider […]
Thank you for attending the Envision the...
The 2018 ACM-NE Conference, Trade Show & Nor’Easter Awards Ceremony at Proctors was a wonderful event full of networking, knowledge sharing and meaningful connections. Thank you to everyone who made it out including our dedicated volunteer base of presenters who shared with us their knowledge and hands-on experience. We will post presentations soon. We also […]
ACMNE Chair Update: Elections and Worksh...
There are two exciting new announcements to share with everyone: our 2018 At-Large Elections and Workshop Ideas for the 2018 Conference. It is election time at the Alliance for Community Media Northeast Region! There are four at-large seats open and this could be YOUR chance to be part of this leadership team. The term of these […]
ACM 2018 Annual Conference – Conference
Conference Registration Member Rates Full Conference: $375 (before June 15) Single Day: Wednesday $100 | Thursday or Friday $175 *Wednesday price discounted as fewer education sessions are available Exhibit Hall Only: $50 Hometown Media Awards Celebration Ticket Only: $50 Scholarship help from ACM Northeast to this conference are available–apply by June 11! Be sure to check out the additional events, such as ACM Day on the […]
360 Filmmaking Training & VR Happy Hour
The ACM-NE is happy to support and co-sponsor the upcoming 360 Filmmaking Training and Professional development day on Friday, March 23rd from 12:30pm-4:45pm at Brookline Interactive Group. This is for community media centers and is organized by Brookline Interactive Group and their project, the Public VR Lab. If you can’t make the training on Friday, March 23rd, you […]
MakerSpace & Youth Film Screening Room a
MakerSpace & Youth Film Screening Room What’s in a MakerSpace? Pretty much anything, we are told. In this case, on both Thursday and Friday, you can take a break from the major events and drop in to check it out! See below for what is in store for this MakerSpace room: Sample artifacts from a […]
Retrospective Community Media Screening ...
With media production technologies changing rapidly, our community is overdue for a retrospective of the productions and visions created and expressed locally over the years. Community Vault will showcase these archived programs alongside contemporary media work and will create a dialogue between the past and the present, asking “What has changed?” and “What […]