The Digital Arts Service Corps is evolving Public Access TV

admin — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:23:01 +0000

Colin Rhinesmith recently published an article on PBS’s Mediashift: “How Public Access TV Evolved into Community Media Centers”. Three of the five examples given are initiatives supported by our Digital Arts Service Corps: Grand Rapids Community Media Center, Access Humboldt, and the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC):

Around the country, community media centers are launching exciting new collaborations with local organizations, neighborhood activists, schools, and media outlets to create online, hyperlocal citizen journalism sites. These projects are re-imagining how Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) access TV stations – which are funded through regional negotiations with companies like Comcast – can serve their communities’ information needs in the digital age.

These innovators are using digital and cable access technology to generate civic awareness and create diverse local media – a function that’s increasingly crucial as traditional journalism institutions face their greatest challenges to sustainability.

These centers provide much more than public access to cable television, having fully embraced computer-based production and broadband technology to augment their media training programs. As a result, innovative experiments in community news production are replacing the tired old “Wayne’s World” stereotype of public access. This article spotlights five examples of how PEG access organizations are using funds tied to cable television as the bearing wall to support experiments in inclusive community news production.

Connecting Communities Through Online Video

Mira Allen — Mon, 03 May 2010 16:22:51 +0000

A blog posting authored by corps member Anne Jonas about Miro. Visit http://pegpoint.org/2009/10/05/connecting-communities-through-online-video

Production Project Request Packet

Mira Allen — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:55:39 +0000

Project proposal form for cable access including talent release forms, production notes and shot logs. Prepared by corps member Erica Jones.

Alliance for Community Media Southeast Regional Conference

Belinda Rawlins — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:26:35 +0000

Transmission Project - PEG

The Digital Arts Service Corps is evolving Public Access TV

Connecting Communities Through Online Video

Production Project Request Packet

Alliance for Community Media Southeast Regional Conference