Our state affiliates in the Northeast were each offered one scholarship to our recent regional conference in Falmouth, Massachusetts. One of the requirements for the scholarship is an essay. Sandra Austin Goldstein was the scholarship recipient from Connecticut ACM; the following is just one paragraph from her letter to that board: I found it difficult […]
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2017 Special Awards
Honoring Some Special People We hope you can join us in recognizing the recipients of our annual Special Awards during the 2017 Northeast Video Festival Awards Celebration on Friday, November 3 at the Falmouth Navigator, 55 Ashumet Road in Falmouth, MA. This year we celebrate these stars among our colleagues: Brian Wilson Mentor Award Cor Trowbridge, […]
A First for MassAccess
MassAccess is now accepting submissions from Massachusetts residents for the first Annual Massachusetts Creator Awards. Winners will be judged by a panel of media experts from across the country. The deadline to submit entries is November 30th at 11:59pm. The winners will be announced at the gala event on January 23, 2018 at Venu in Boston. […]
Back to the Crowdsourced!
(and a sprint to a new project) Remember the Crowdsourced Boston project? On Wednesday, November 29th at 7:00pm, Brookline Interactive Group (BIG) will screen the premiere of that project’s remake of the classic film, Back to the Future, at the Coolidge Corner Theater. BIG welcomes the entire Brookline and nearby communities to attend. A large […]
And the Winners Are…
At long last… after everyone’s hard work through 2016 (and what a year that was, eh?), after all the additional work that goes into preparing an entry for the Video Festival, after all the committee’s organizing materials for the judging centers, after all the time judges spent watching entries and trying to pin down assessments, […]
Vermont Saga, continued
In a previous post, we summarized the year-long efforts of VAN to include better conditions for access media in Comcast’s license renewal. In January, they were awarded many of their requests by the state’s Public Service Board. PEG people everywhere rejoiced because this created a precedent that others could cite. Indeed, MassAccess did just that […]
The New York State of Public Access Medi...
A message from Marc Gronich, a member of the ACMNY board: There has been much public backlash in the town of Bethlehem, Albany County, regarding the library board wanting to cut the cord on the town community media station and let the town pocket the $686,000 they receive each year from the cable franchise fee. […]
Why he went to Minneapolis
Marc Gronich is Director of Legislative Affairs for the state affiliate, ACM New York and Vice-Chairman of the Oversight Board for Channel Albany in the state capital. With decades of experience as a community access intern and producer, he went to the Rivers to Cross conference to seek the policy and technological tools to help […]
Why they went to the Boston Conference
Why would anyone tear themselves away from the work they love to travel to a conference? Here are two essays from ACM-NE’s 2016 scholarship recipients, with their thoughts on the August 2016 national conference. Part One Michael L. Hendricks, Sr., is a producer at Stoughton Media Access Corporation (SMAC) in Stoughton MA. After attending the Our […]
Are you now or have you ever been a memb...
…of the Alliance? If not, you have an opportunity to include your organization in the only membership organization that is solely devoted to the work of Public, Educational and Government (PEG) Access channels and community media centers across the United States. The national ACM offers a 20% discount on annual dues for new organizational members if you apply […]