CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives
April 19, 2024CCTV 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!
Save the Date: Celebrate 40 Years of CCTV on June 13th
April 19, 2024Save the Date to Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of CCTV on June 13, 2024! Join us at the Intervale Barn from 5-8 p.m. to reflect on 40 years of neighborhood faces & voices and launch the future of an independent, responsive, non-commercial, local, community-based media institution. RSVP here, today and let us know you can attend!
Summer Video Production Internship - Applications Open
April 11, 2024Town 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.
Under the Dome 2024 Schedule
April 10, 2024Town Meeting TV is hosting a series of roundtable discussions with Chittenden County legislators this spring to understand the bills they've been working on and the conversations unfolding in Montpelier this session. Programs will be broadcasted live on Monday afternoons on YouTube.com/TownMeetingTV and on Town Meeting TV's cable channels (Comcast 1087, BT 217). Members of the press and public are welcome to attend all programs at Town Meeting TV's studio (294 North Winooski Avenue in Burlington). Call-in questions are welcome throughout each program at 802-862-3966. Click here for a full schedule.
Essex Junction Election Results
April 10, 2024Official election results from the April 10, 2024 Essex Junction annual meeting.
Applications Now Open for the Spring/Summer 2024 Cohort of the Neighborhood Community Media Internship Program at Town Meeting TV
March 25, 2024Town Meeting TV is excited to announce that applications are now open for the Spring/Summer 2024 cohort of the Neighborhood Community Media Internship program. Join 8 other youth to engage in interesting media making projects! This paid media internship opportunity is designed for youth aged 16-20 who are eager to gain professional experience in the audio-visual field and develop a deeper understanding of their local community. 5 of these spots are specifically for students who are part of the Burlington My Brother's Keeper/My Sister's Keeper programs. The group will meet under the leadership of Town Meeting TV's Travis Washington from the beginning of April 2024 to the end of August 2024, on a schedule agreed upon by the whole cohort. Click here to apply!
Essex Junction Election Forums & Informational Hearing Coverage
March 19, 2024The City of Essex Junction's The City of Essex Junction's Annual Election is on Tuesday, April 9th from 7:00AM to 7:00PM at the Champlain Valley Exposition in the Blue Ribbon Pavilion, 105 Pearl Street. An Informational Hearing will take place on Monday, April 1st at 6:00PM - watch the livestream on Town Meeting TV's YouTube channel. Before you vote, tune into Town Meeting TV's election forums and ballot presentations: Essex Junction Budget and Ballot Items Presentation - Thursday, March 21 at 5:25PM and Essex Junction City Council Forum (2 Seats) - Friday, March 22 at 5:25PM
Civic Learning Week - Resources & Opportunities at Town Meeting TV
March 12, 2024March 11–15, 2024, marks Civic Learning Week, an annual celebration dedicated to promoting civic education and its importance in preparing people for their roles as informed and engaged participants in our self-governing society. At Town Meeting TV, we offer a robust media education program that often centers around civic engagement. Interns, students, and community members can rent & take out video equipment at no charge to record community events, rallies, and interviews with community leaders, local representatives, and state legislators. Click here to learn more.
The Vermont Language Justice Project Marks 4 Years of Bringing Essential Information to Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants in Vermont and Beyond
March 06, 2024The Vermont Language Justice Project, which started as a volunteer effort to disseminate crucial information to folks throughout the pandemic speaking languages other than English, will celebrate four years of operation on March 18th which was when their first video was posted on the Vermont Multilingual Coronavirus Task Force YouTube Channel in Somali. This video shared lifesaving details about what the virus was and how to take care of oneself.
Four years later with three full-time members of staff and 17 contractors working in 18 languages, VLJP has produced over 2,045 videos with over 183,000 views on YouTube, and now boasts 800 subscribers. We are now foreseeing a funding crunch as our major funding will end at the end of this year and are exploring creative means of keeping this important work alive.
Town Meeting Day 2024 Election Results Coverage
February 28, 2024Town Meeting Day is on March 5th, 2024. Tune in to Town Meeting TV at 7PM for our LIVE Election Night Results Show. The program will feature comprehensive results for Chittenden County elections, interviews with newly elected representatives, conversations with voters at the polls, and commentary by local analysts! Watch on YouTube.com/TownMeetingTV.
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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!