As part of its 25th Anniversary celebration, CCTV invites local artists to create a piece of work for a Silent Auction on April 30th that reflects the theme of “free speech” and “democratic communications”Says CCTV Founder Lauren-Glenn Davitian, “We hope our artist friends will let their creativity flow and use this as an opportunity to raise public awareness and understanding about the promise and the perils of free speech at this time and as we look ahead to the next 25 years.”The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, March 31, 2009.

Twenty-three nonprofit and local media people attended the lunchtime series on January 17th to hear Michael Nedell of New Breed Marketing reveal six key steps for increasing traffic to your website!

The Vermont Community Foundation awarded a two-year, $50,000 grant to CCTV Center for Media & Democracy for CommonGoodVT.org, a two-year pilot network that aims to support Vermont’s nonprofit organizations to “do more with less” and generate social benefit for the people of the state.

We are in the midst of a great sea change – the tides of the analog and digital age are turning as we move swiftly into an interconnected future. Who will control our data? Will we have open networks? Will journailsm exist? Who do we trust? How do we take back our communications/ information "commons" and secure free speech and democracy in the future?