We received this from Danielle Maloney from Germantown NY and PANDA 23 , who went to “Be More,” the national ACM conference last July on a Paul Berg Scholarship from ACM Northeast. 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 to […]
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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 […]
Yes, We Can Help!
A Message from the ACM-NE Chair Happy February and post-Superbowl hangover! The ACM-NE wants to remind all of our members that we have a special funding program called the ACM-NE Mini Grant Fund. Launched in 2015, this program encourages our fellow media centers to think outside the box for their application submission. This is a very selective […]
Three reasons to begin or renew your ACM...
Alliance for Community Media – Northeast Region is a regional affiliate of the national Alliance for Community Media, which “represents over 3,000 Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) access organizations and community media center throughout the country.” If you or your access center is a dues-paying member of ACM, you get reduced fees (sometimes to zero) […]
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 […]
TWO scholarships offered for Rivers to C...
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 […]
One week left!
Has your Organization now or ever been (in the last 2 years) a member of the Alliance for Community Media? If so, there is still an opportunity to get 16 months of membership for 12 months’ worth of dues. This offer ends next Sunday, January 31, 2016. Organizational dues are based on the size of […]
Grant workshops in Somerville MA!
Are you a Non-Profit Professional? Artist? Performer? Filmmaker? Educator? Innovator? Collaborator? Then these upcoming workshops are for you! SCATV is offering two workshops with experienced grant writer and educator Ellen Gugel. The workshops are geared to anyone who is interested in learning how to research applicable grants and would would like to create successful grant proposals. Details: The first workshop will cover grant-seeking on Friday, September […]
Locally Celebrating Local Access
Earlier this month Somerville’s SCATV sent an invitation to their June 20 Community Vault screening. A news article previewing the celebration appeared just before, detailing how they put it together. But for those of us who couldn’t make the trip, how did it go? Erica Jones: “We had around 50 people come. It was magical to see […]
What It’s Like to Judge for a Festival
There are probably PEG operations that are smaller than ours: One G channel, one part-time coordinator, camera operators recruited from the high school, and a oversight commission of 5 volunteers. We submitted work twice to the regional video festival in past years, and the staff (such as it is) has been to watch the awards […]