2017 Paul Berg Scholarship ACM Northeast can fund not one but TWO–count’em, TWO– people to attend the national conference, Rivers to Cross, in Minneapolis, July 12-14, 2017. Each scholarship includes full conference registration, up to three nights at the conference hotel, and money towards transportation. This scholarship is a partial reimbursement, and receipts must be provided in order […]
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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 […]
2016 Special Awards Winners
The Special Awards Committee worked very hard while deciding the Special Awards in 2016. These are their choices from the many great nominations submitted this year: Chuck Sherwood Leadership Award Lisa Byer, Executive Director of Catamount Access TV in Bennington received four separate nominations from four different parts of Vermont for the Chuck Sherwood Leadership Award. […]
Another workshop at the ACM-NE Video Fes...
Lighting an Interview like a Pro – Without the Pro’s Budget with Jonathan Lipsy of ISG Starting at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 22 at CTN5. Register for this and the 10:30 a.m. workshop “Step by Step: Making a Dynamic Documentary here! What is it that makes one interview shot look so much better than another? Framing […]
FCC and Closed Captioning
At the Our Town conference in Boston last month, and in follow-up discussions online and by telephone, Alliance members and allies discussed the FCC’s Second Report and Order on Closed Captioning, released last February. Connecticut ACM explained to their members and friends this way. How will it work for PEG people in your states?
Make it brief! Make it quick!
CALL FOR ENTRIES!!! 100-SECOND FESTIVAL Create, watch and share videos and film that are 100 seconds or less The 100-seconds is a celebration of culture through the language of motion media and the common constraint of 100 seconds. It is a unique yet accessible global dialogue. Launched in 2005, the festival embraces authentic, raw, creative […]
A workshop at the 2016 Video Festival
As you may have noticed, we will be in beautiful Portland, Maine on Saturday, October 22 for the celebration of our 2016 Video Festival Awards. But before the Special Awards Luncheon and festivities, there will be workshops at the CTN5 studios. For starters: STEP BY STEP: Making a Dynamic Documentary A documentary can communicate your ideas […]
Who’s going to Boston in August…
…and why? Having the national Alliance conference take place as close as Boston is a once-in-a-decade opportunity for a lot of us. Because the Northeast Region is not holding its own regional conference, we were able to offer more than one scholarship to Our Town next month. The applicants and winners offered interesting thoughts on […]
What’s New in the Northeast?
At the monthly meeting/conference calls, members of the ACM Northeast Board exchange news from our states, much of it about policy matters at state level. ACM-NE can’t work on policy at a regional level, with all the variation among the states, but we all learn from each other how things work and might work for […]