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 […]
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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 […]
Looking for the Northeast Annual Meeting...
Annual Membership Meeting for ACM Northeast Wednesday, July 11, 2018 3:15 – 4:15pm Key Ballroom 9-10 Hilton Baltimore Here is the 2018 Annual Report including the 2017 and 2018 activities and reports! Click on the link below to the full report! ACMNEBALT_ANNUALMTNG_2018
State news addenda
Passing on this news from the Massachusetts chapter, that their bill to promote high definition carriage and proper listing of PEG programs on the Electronic Program Guide (that’s HD and EPG, in case you’re not up on acronyms), was passed by their state Senate. As reported on their website: “The bill now goes to the […]
Updates from States
VAN of Vermont is quietly transitioning into summer. Policy activity, like the lawsuit from Comcast, is in a wait-and-see period. VAN uses Slack (slack.com) as their communications/forum tool. Check the VAN website here or contact VAN’s representative to the Northeast board. NHCCM of New Hampshire have had good attendance at the member meetings with a […]
The Return of “Crowdsourced Boston”
BIG Brings Collaborative Arts Project “Crowdsourced Boston” Back to the Greater Boston Area submitted by Erin Kinney, BIG Film buffs, children of the ’80s, or anyone who has a penchant for John Hughes’ films often wish they could have been a part of creating one of his classic films, whether as an actor reciting iconic […]
Date/Time/Location: Annual ACM-NE Meetin...
Annual Membership Meeting for ACM Northeast Wednesday, July 11, 2018 3:15 – 4:15 pm Key Ballroom 9-10 Hilton Baltimore Check here for agenda, reports and minutes to come