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Local Media Show: NTEN Round Up: Report from the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference 05/01/2012

Host Lauren-Glenn Davitian offers the highlights of the NTEN Conference held in San Francisco in April 2012. Attended by 1700 nonprofits and circuit riders, the event focused on data visualization, mobile innovation, online collaboration and more. Find selected resources here at the Common Good Vermont blog.

Local Media Show: Vermont Energy Independence Day Film 04/03/2012

Meghan O'Rourke speaks with Jon Erickson, Professor and Managing Director of UVM's Gund Institute for Ecological Economics.

Local Media Show: Occupy History: Newsreel Collective 01/03/2012

Roz Payne, Archivist and John Douglas, Filmmaker and co-founder of the Newsreel Collective discuss the role of alternative media during the public uprisings of the 1960's and 1970's against the Viet Nam War and in support of economic justice. They discuss the current Occupy movement(s) and reflect on how history repeats itself as long as capitalism remains the dominant economic order.

Local Media Show: Gordon Glover, Burlington College and Jonathan Ferguson, Champlain College 12/06/2011

With new, more participatory technologies, the line between consumer and producer is blurring. To be truly media literate now also means to be production literate. Gordon Glover runs Burlington's College's Cinema Studies & Film Production program along with Champlain College Gaming Development Instructor Jonathan Ferguson, share insights into these emerging programs and the challenges facing their students, digital natives, as they learn to navigate our media rich world with a critical eye.

Local Media Show: Digital Media at a Cross Roads in VT 11/01/2011

CCTV's Lauren-Glenn Davitian brings new media resources to the table for discussion and reflects on the implications of the fast moving, digital media that promises while it threatens our community and family life.

Local Media Show: Vermont Web Marketing Summit Preview 10/04/2011

Hosted by Nick Carter and focussing on Vermont Web Marketing Summit, scheduled for Thursday, November 3, 2011, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm, Main Street Landing Film House.
More Info: http://vtwebmarketingsummit.com/ Joining Nick is Bibi Mukherjee, Founder, Curve Trends Marketing www.curvetrends.com

Local Media Show: ThoughtFaucet & BTV Digirati 09/06/2011

In the September edition of The Local Media Show, Digital
entrepreneur and online organizer Gahlord Dewald talks about his
organization ThoughtFaucet, the local peer-support group BTV Digariti,
and emerging trends in online activity and metrics.

Local Media Show: Big Heavy World 08/02/2011

Host Nick Carter hosts Jim Lockridge, Executive Director of local media outlets, Big Heavy World, The Radiator, and Vermont Music Library and Shop.

Local Media Show: Frederick Lane, Author, Cybertraps for the Young 07/05/2011

Host Lauren-Glenn Davitian speaks with Frederick S. Lane, Author of 'Cyerbertraps for the Young'. This groundbreaking book looks at the issue of child safety online from a unique perspective -- the legal consequences that children can face as a result of the use and misuse of electronic devices. It is intended to educate parents, teachers, and school administrators about those risks, and to offer practical suggestions for minimizing the likelihood that children will stumble into one or more of the myriad pitfalls that lurk online.

Local Media Show: Supporting Miner's Rights in Columbia 06/07/2011

Host Lauren-Glenn Davitian speaks with John Reuwer who traveled with Christian Peacemaker Team to mining zone in Columbia's southern Bolivar province. John shares his efforts to support small-scale miners organizing to protect their rights in the race of Colombian military efforts to "secure" the zone for multinational investment. Christian Peacemaker Teams is an initiative of the historic peace churches (Mennonites, Church of the Brethren, and Quakers) with support and membership from a range of Catholic and Protestant denominations. CPT has had a continuing presence in Colombia since May 2001..

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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!