South Burlington Passes Budgets, Elects Newcomers
May 20, 2008Fewer than 20% of South Burlington voters went to the polls tonight (May 20th) to
pass a city budget of $19 million and school budget of $38 million.
In addition to elected city and school board positions, voters also approved the use of sales tax revenue to fund six firefighters and decided to stop fueling a school wood chip facility with bond money.
Summer Youth Media Camp
May 16, 2008Attend channel 17 summer camp, kids ages 9-12, openings are still available, contact parks and re 864-0123
Historic Senate Vote Rejects FCC's Rules
May 15, 2008WASHINGTON -- In a near-unanimous voice vote tonight, the Senate passed a "resolution of disapproval" that would nullify the Federal Communications Commission's latest attempt to dismantle longstanding media ownership limits. All eyes are now on the House...
The Political Economy of Media by Bob McChesney Hits the Stands
May 09, 2008
Monthly Review Press has just published Bob McChesney's new book:
The Political
Economy of Media: Enduring Issues, Emerging Dilemmas. This volume
culminates the research of his career to date, and includes McChesney's latest
thinking on journalism, the Internet, global political economy, and the
burgeoning media reform movement...
Survey on Kids & Digital Media Released
May 09, 2008Accessing digital media has become as fundamental to a child's education
as reading or math, according to three-quarters of parents polled for a
new survey, but not so well on those "citizenship" and
"gets along well with others" report-card...
TV Continues to Dominate US Media Habits
May 08, 2008Television continues to dominate the media usage habits of Americans,
topping the Internet, magazines, newspapers, and radio on a number of
important measures, according to new results of a Nielsen Media Research
survey....
Twitter - Reach Your Peeps with Micro-Blogging
May 08, 2008We have a crush on Twitter! Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging
service that allows users to send "updates" (or "tweets"; text-based
posts, up to 140 characters long)....
Vermont Nonprofit Tools Wiki Available
May 08, 2008Check out the Vermont Nonprofit Tools Wiki! Learn how to plan your communications strategy and how to expand your reach and impact with new media tools!
Use of Video Sharing Sites Increases
May 07, 2008The Pew Center for Internet & American Life reports that 48% of internet users have been to video-sharing sites such as YouTube
and the daily traffic to such sites on a typical day has doubled in the
past year...
Featured Story
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!