We hope you enjoy a video-visit to wpaa.tv as you view our compilation reel: More.Than.TV about our 2016 year in community media. More.Than.TV emerged in an ‘ha-ha’ moment during a strategic planning session. Our Board … Continue reading 2016 was More.Than.TV
Beyond Anonymous in a Storied Place
Community memory can be created in the public exchange of story. Sharing. Listening. Asking Questions. Exploring a common bond. My first community overshadows my current community with memories more fragile … Continue reading Beyond Anonymous in a Storied Place
What are your filters?
How do you listen? What is in the media you select? Are you open to discovery, conversation, and engagement to be better informed, or have you set our own filters … Continue reading What are your filters?
Panel on Guerrilla Filming at Film Festival NHdocs
Some insights shared, and reflections on, panel at NHDocs with filmmaker Gorman Bechard, cinematographer Adrian Correia, Producer Colleen McQuaid, and sound recordist Aaron Miller . My expectations: The discussion would be … Continue reading Panel on Guerrilla Filming at Film Festival NHdocs
Vision: Community – More than TV
Early advocates of Community Media enthusiastically believed that exposure to stories in conversation could create a more informed and connected community. The effort required was tremendous in order to produce … Continue reading Vision: Community – More than TV
R/Evolution: Community Media Moment to be, or not to be
What are the reasonable needs of a community of 45,000 in central CT for access to a means to create, distribute, or merely view media in the public interest? The … Continue reading R/Evolution: Community Media Moment to be, or not to be
Put the story first
The biggest challenge to effective citizen media is not the technology or lack of funds and/or public support. It is ego. The hosts, talent, and crew that put the story … Continue reading Put the story first
Contributor Bradford May: Our Sincere Thanks
Our community lost a protector, agitator, and contributor on Feb. 27th. What we at WPAA-TV will miss most is his authentic interest in the principles of democracy, love of country … Continue reading Contributor Bradford May: Our Sincere Thanks
Why am I involved in Community TV
Producer Georgian Lussier captured my story and the story of WPAA-TV in studioW which is available to view here. Yes, I am a full-time volunteer and I am not independently … Continue reading Why am I involved in Community TV
Can or should Community Access Television as we know it, be sustained?
Congress attempted to review what stays, goes or may be modified in the Telecom Act of 1996. In an Internet connected world, can or should Community Access Television as we … Continue reading Can or should Community Access Television as we know it, be sustained?