Media

Al Jazeera English Referendum 07/07/2008

A citizens initiative anouncement which petitions for a referendum on the ballot in the next general election, asking the voters of Burlington: "Should Burlington Telecom enter into a contract with Al-Jazeera English, provided reasonable and agreeable terms can be reached by Burlington Telecom management?" Speakers City Councilor Paul Decelles Ward 7 and Jamie Zappernick, Executive Director of the Defenders Council of Vermont.

Local Media Show: Public Relations Maven Rachel Carter 07/01/2008

Host Lauren-Glenn Davitian interviews Rachel Carter about marketing, public relations and how to reach people (particularly Generation Xers) with social media tools.

Media Literacy: Your SummerMustSee Movies 06/25/2008

For this Media Literacy program we cast a wide net via email with the following question:"PLEASE send me the name of a mustseefilm and a line or two about why it is important to you. I DO NOT want to put you on TV, I just want to read your comments and possibly share a clip. If you could do this today (Mon, June 24th) that would be best. deadline Wed June 26th in the morning. Just a couple lines and the name of a movie/film that is important to you for some reason. I can keep your comments anonymous if you prefer. Thank you in advance. We got a HUGE response."

Media Maven: Flickr, Twitter and Jing My Oh! 06/19/2008

How can you point and mobilize more people to your website? This Media Maven Lunch, held monthly at CCTV, looks at Flickr (photosharing), Twitter (micro-blogging) and Jing (screencasting)—easy to use tools that quickly link your pictures, video, blog posts and presentations to your web site and the people you want to motivate. You can learn more at this wiki.

Local Media Show: National Media Reform Conference 2008 - Report Back from Minneapolis 06/17/2008

National Media Reform Conference Report

Al Jazeera Issue Edit for Democracy Now! 06/12/2008

Marc Awodey Speaks For Al Jazeera English 06/12/2008

Artist Marc Awodey speaks for Al-Jazeera English.

Burlington Telecom Public Hearing on Al Jazeera TV 06/11/2008

Burlington Telecom held a public forum for the discussion of keeping or dropping Al Jazeera English Network on the Burlington Telecom Channel Line-up. Watch the first public hearing held May 27th, 2008 here and the interview of the representatives from Al-Jazeera English here.

Representatives from Al Jazeera English TV 06/10/2008

Al Jazeera English Managing Director Tony Berman and Military Affairs Correspondent Josh Rushing appear on Channel 17 Live program to shed light on the operations and programming approach of the network. Burlington Telecom is currently considering whether to continue carriage of the network on its cable TV line up. Watch here and listen to the radio interview with Mark Johnson. You can also watch the Burlington Telecom public hearings on Al-Jazeera TV held May 27th and June 11th, 2008.

National Media Reform Conference 2008 - Attendee Interviews 06/08/2008

Interviews with attendees at the 2008 National Conference on Media Reform. Each person was asked generally what they were going to take home from the conference and the media reform movement and who "home" was. Or something like that.

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Summer Video Production Internship - Applications Open

Town Meeting TV is hiring two paid interns to join our production team for the summer! The program will run from Monday, June 24th until Friday, August 16th (8 weeks). $17 an hour, approximately 8 hours per week. We are looking for folks who have basic or intermediate experience with video recording and editing on Adobe Premiere. Interns will work with the Town Meeting TV Co-Directors to pick stories or events that they would like to cover in our community, practice outreach skills, then shoot and edit video that will be broadcasted on Town Meeting TV's YouTube and cable channels. Interested applicants should send their resume and cover letter (including why they are interested in this position and any relevant experience) to Jordan at jmitchell@cctv.org. Applications close Friday, May 24th at 5:00PM. For more information, please contact outreach@cctv.org or call 802-862-3966.