July 2009
Open Media Project Seeks Expansion Partners
The Open Media Project has announced a new opportunity for public access centers located in rural areas, or urban areas where less than 40% of the population has broadband web access, to make the jump to PEG 2.0 capacities.
They're looking for partners to apply for the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program and extend the Open Media Project to new locales by implementing the project's tool set in 2010 and 2011.
Social Media Workshops for Community Media Centers
The Alliance for Community Media is offering two social media workshops in August: “Social Media 101″ and “Using Facebook to Advocate for Your Community Media Center”. The webinars will be led by Angela Siefer of Shiny Door.
5 Places to Download Free Music for Your Video Projects
Photo courtesy of Rossina Bossio Bossa
There are now more options than ever before when it comes to finding the right tunes to accompany your video projects. Here, we round up five websites offering the works of independent musicians under Creative Commons licensing. This music is available for immediate and legal download, and in nearly all cases, can be freely used in non-commercial and/or share-alike projects.
How to Find Creative Commons Photos on Flickr
In this tutorial screencast, you'll learn how to find Creative Commons licensed photos on the popular photo-sharing site, Flickr that you can use in your multimedia projects.
How to Find Creative Commons Photos on Flickr
In this tutorial screencast, you'll learn how to find Creative Commons licensed photos on the popular photo-sharing site, Flickr that you can use in your multimedia projects.
And Now, in Local News...
Local news at a public access level can be challenging for one main reason, that being your reporting and production staff are made up of volunteers. This presents some problems that dedicated newsrooms generally do not have. But with a bit of planning ahead, there are ways to circumvent and even conquer this roadblock to public access news coverage.
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