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 […]
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Supporting the Future of Community Media...
Many of us are hungry for interesting ways to help increase our visibility in the community and to create opportunities to stay relevant. We all know this is a recurring theme at many of our conferences because it is important for us to be mindful of how we position ourselves in this ever changing and […]
Brookline Interactive Group Announces Ne...
Friends and neighbors of BIG in Brookline, MA know about their 11 Day Film Spring for filmmaking teams. In February, this community media hub launched a new storytelling contest for works that span multiple forms of media. In this new contest, people can write either a screenplay for a short film, the opening to a […]
Across the Region
The Northeast in Winter ACM Northeast brings together people from six state affiliates/chapters of the national organization. It seems the news we trade most often has to do with regulation of the cable industry that hosts our channels, policy that varies from state to state but is not consistent across the region. Here’s a little […]
More about Last November
Matt Sullivan is Chief Operations Officer of Larchmont Mamaroneck Community Television (LMCTV), north of New York City. He was ACMNY’s pick for a scholarship to the November 2017 Northeast Regional conference in Falmouth, MA. He writes enthusiastically of his experience: The conference kick-off was wonderful, as participants were invited to tour Falmouth Community Television’s beautiful facility. […]
A Connecticut scholar at the Cape Cod co...
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]