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Community Media Public Benefit Bill: H.575 and S.181: Vermont House Committee on Ways and Means - Walkthrough of H.657 Modernize Vermont’s Communications Taxes and Fees 01/11/2024

Walkthrough of H.657 a bill meant to modernize Vermont's communications taxes and fees at the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.657 as introduced:
https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/WorkGroups/House%20Ways%20and%20Means/Bills/H.657/H.657~Maria%20Royle~As%20Introduced~1-11-2024.pdf

Community Media Public Benefit Bill: H.575 and S.181: Vermont Senate Committee on Finance - Walkthrough of S. 181 Community Media Public Benefit Bill 01/10/2024

Walkthrough of the Community Media Public Benefit Bill S.181 at the Senate Committee on Finance.

S.181 as introduced:
https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0181/S-0181%20As%20Introduced.pdf

What's Going On?: Africa 2024 01/09/2024

Host Sandy Baird is joined by guest Eric Agnero, citizen activist, to discuss Africa and what is upcoming in the year.

What's Going On?: Act Against Clandestine Immigration / Agir Contre l'Immigration Clandestine 01/05/2024

Hosts Sandy Baird and Eric Agnero, citizen activists, are joined by guest Joseph Tagbo. Joseph is the President of NGO Agir contre l'Immigration Clandestine (Act Against Clandestine Immigration). He is a French citizen from the Ivory Coast leading a non-profit organization that tries to prevent migration of people from West Africa towards Europe going through the desert.

Kindness Connection: Make-A-Wish VT 12/21/2023

From Jan Riordan:

Host Jan Riordan interviews Jamie Heath, the Wish and Communications Manager at Make-A-Wish VT.

For more information visit: www.wish.org/vermont

Traveling For History with Patricia Araujo: Local Google Guide 12/20/2023

From Patricia Araujo:

Host Patricia Araujo discusses her experiences traveling for history and the issues with using Google.

For more information visit: www.travelingforhistory.com

Health Care Today: Primary Care with Dr. Deb Richter 12/15/2023

Host Louis Meyers, MD, interviews primary care physician Dr. Deb Richter, MD, to discuss primary care.

CCTV Underwriters: Celebrating our Underwriters in 2023 12/13/2023

In 2023, CCTV enjoyed the support of Age Well, Main Street Landing, One Day in July, Education & Enrichment for Everyone, Momo's Market, MMR, and Hanson & Doremus. These organizational champions trusted us with their support for our internship programs, expanding our reach, stewarding the archives, and all of the great community based work that takes place under CCTV.

What's Going On?: The State of the City 12/12/2023

Host Sandy Baird is joined by guest Kurt Mehta, activist and lawyer, to discuss the state of the City of Burlington.

Alliance for Community Media Northeast Conference 2023: Sourcing Content for Public Access Television Channels in a Digital and Post-Pandemic Era 11/17/2023

Moderator: Timothy Egan, Board of Governors – NATAS

Panelists:
Patrick Heltz, Content Manager – Media Factory
Kate Heppner, Scheduling & Content Curator – CCTV

The challenge of populating public access channels with consistent content has increased in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and digital competitors such as YouTube. What strategies are being employed by programmers to increase and diversify content? What are some sources that can be adopted immediately to help fill channel schedules? Are traditional media classes a robust enough pipeline or do we need to think of non-traditional ways in which to capture content? How can public access leverage today’s digital content explosion?

For more information visit: https://www.acm-ne.org/2023-conference-and-trade-show/

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!