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Fairhaven Cable Access Department recently lost its director, Bobby Bruso, due to a sudden illness. Even though he had been with the town for a relatively short time, he managed to re-energize cable access and to bring state-of-the-art equipment. He left a lasting impact on his coworkers at Town Hall, but also on the residents […]
Saturday, April 21, 2018 Merrimack Valley Access Centers Volunteer Day Conference at Methuen Community Television Methuen, MA • 9AM – 3PM Speakers, continental breakfast and lunch: all for $20! Read more about it here.
Jason Daniels reminds us of a fun, short-form video project, anchored in the Greater Boston area since 2005: The 100-Second Film and Video Festival is open to anyone from all ages and backgrounds. All genres are welcome—the work follows the common constraint of 100 seconds or less in duration. There is no entry fee. The […]
(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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
…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 […]
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. […]
Erica Jones at Somerville Community Access TV (MA) and Jane Regan, a professor at Salem State University, are trying to find out find out what type of local news, public affairs and independent local programming is happening in the United States at PEG centers. The results will help illustrate to funders, politicians, and scholars that community […]
This scholarship is named in memory of Paul Berg, former Executive Director of NewTV in Newton, MA. A graduate of Emerson College, Paul was extremely good-natured, intelligent, thoughtful, and fair, creating a collaborative atmosphere for his staff to share their ideas to improve NewTV. Paul generously shared his expertise with other stations, cities and towns. […]
