I am excited to announce that the second year of NeighborMedia (a New Voices Grantee) is getting started next week. We’re having an orientation at CCTV next Wednesday to welcome this year’s group of up and coming citizen journalists who will be sharing their stories about issues that matter to them and others in [...]

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On Monday, June 16 CCTV is hosting an event featuring the work of the citizen journalists involved in our NeighborMedia program. The first year is coming to a close and we’ll soon be accepting applications from Cambridge residents interested in getting involved in the program for ‘08-’09. More info online here.
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Today, David Ardia, Sam Bayard and I launched the first Citizen Media Law Podcast. This new weekly podcast series, produced by the Citizen Media Law Project at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, will cover a range of issues relating to the intersection of citizen media, journalism and the law.
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From Cambridge Community Television:
“Do you live in Cambridge, have video production skills, and think that media should be used to empower local communities? Cambridge Community Television is launching a new project called Neighbor 2 Neighbor, to embed citizen journalists in each neighborhood of Cambridge, and we need you.
The idea is to produce media about local [...]

In the ever-blurring lines between PEG access TV and citizen journalism initiatives like NewAssignment.net, etc., CCTV (where I serve on the Board) received a grant last week from the Institute for Interactive Journalism. This is a very exciting development in the transition from PEG access TV to PEG access on the web. I look [...]