OPEN STUDIO the Cambridge Community Television Newsletter
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OPEN STUDIO THE CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY TELEVISION NEWSLETTER Cambridge Community Television is a nationally recognized community Oct/Nov/Dec 2016 media center that is the voice and vision of all residents, businesses and organizations in the city. CCTV provides tools and training to foster free speech and creative expression, and involves people from across the city as producers and viewers of media that is INSIDE informative, engaging, and as diverse as the Cambridge community. CCTV Back Lot BBQ continued on 3 CCTV’s Annual Back Lot BBQ Production 4 Under a beauti- experiences in the ful solstice sky, program. Activ- Programming Notes 6 CCTV’s Back Lot ist and Poet DiDi BBQ drew over Delgado, journalist Training Program 8 250 people to and photographer honor outgoing Derrick Jackson, computerCENTRAL 12 City Manager Rich- and former Execu- ard Rossi. He was tive Director of the Tech Training for presented with the Cambridge Com- Seniors 13 renamed Richard munity Foundation Rossi Award for Robert Hurlbut Fall Training Series 13 Creative abnd Re- were inducted to CCTV’s Honorary Board. sponsive Leadership; in his acceptance speech, NeighborMedia 14 Rossi graciously lauded CCTV’s history of Music by Zili Misik and delectable food pro- serving the community. vided by local restaurants rounded out a truly Youth Media Program exciting and enjoyable evening. 15 Youth Media Program alumna Yanka Petri provided a moving testimony to her formative Letter from the Board Chair 16 Back Lot BBQ Partners Nonprofit Brought to You By Resource Exchange 17 The Karen Aqua Gallery 18 Co-Stars The Berk Family, Boston University School About CCTV 19 of Social Work, Cambridge Chronicle & TAB, Cambridge Self Storage, Cambridge Trust Prime Time Partners CCTV Sponsors Company, Classic Graphx, Robert Doyle/ Skybuilders, Charles R. Myer & Partners, Ltd., Back Page Eastern Bank, Lesley University, University Stationery Producers Cast Attorney Barrett & Family, The Bulfinch Com- Ambit Press, Congressman Michael Capuano panies, Inc., The Charles Hotel, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., HMFH Architects, Inc. in honor of Richard Rossi, Integrated Solutions Special Thanks to Central Square Florist, City Group: a division of the Camera Co., Irving of Cambridge Department of Public Works, House at Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Colliers International, Forest City Enterprises, Technology, Middle East Restaurant & Night MIT Investment Management Corporation see page 2 Club For the past year and a half, Welcome everyone has been talking New about the 2016 U.S. Presiden- tial Election. It’s what you’ve Members been talking about with your Christine Alphonse friends and family, and it’s what Paul Anders the media has been talking Joshua A. Arevalo about nonstop on air, online Emma Atlas and in print. So what kind of Joseph A. Bagnall impact has the media had on Lucy Bent Election 2016? Join Cambridge Sadira Imajyn Bethea Community Television for Xavier Vilcina Brown Mable Chan a mini-conference on “The Pariss Chandler Media and the Elections” from Iris Chen 10am to 3pm Saturday, Octo- DiDi Delgado ber 22 at the Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. Fredy Rodriguez Diaz Josh Dunbar Our three panels will cover political reporting from this election cycle, and be filled Diana Estrada with local media professionals, including: Jim Braude, host of Greater Boston on Richard Faymonville WGBH; Lauren Dezenski, reporter for Politico Massachusetts; Renee Graham, Charles Gareginyan columnist for the Boston Globe; Donna Halper, media critic and Lesley University Andrew Gerzon professor; Dan Kennedy, media commentator for WGBH and Nieman Journal- Weijing Guo Nicholas Hall ism Lab; Sarah Moawad, co-editor of Muftah’s Egypt & North Africa pages; Caitlin Mohammed Hussain O’Connell, media and marketing consultant at Politico States; Dante Ramos, colum- H.M. Sheak Ishtiak nist for the Boston Globe; and more! Derrick Jackson Eboni Johnson The conference’s first two panels will take a look at “Political Reporting: What Eliza Kosoy Happened?” and will delve into issues such as journalistic responsibility, media bias, Kynthia Lai antagonism in and toward the media, “free” campaign ads, political advertising versus Rocco Magliozzi viral social media versus mainstream media coverage, which candidates were pro- Maritza Merino moted and which were vilified, and the media’s effects on third-party candidates. The MIT/Wellesley Upward third and final panel will review the “Lead Up to the Election: What We are Seeing Bound Program Mohamed Mohamed Now,” and will explore how the media landscape and tone has changed moving from Keanan Ng the primaries to the general election; the influence of national and battleground polls; Oom Yung Doe West and how candidates down ballot are impacted by media coverage of the presidential Cambridge election. The conference will also include community breakout sessions and lunch for Alexia Caroline Penney attendees. The event is free and open to the public. Vanessa Marqués Pineda Frank Morris Katiria Pineda-Colon Richard Rozewski Dylan Russell Congratulations to CCTV Oliver Saffery members and staff who Stephen Sanon received awards in the Hetal Shah Alliance for Community Simply Erinn’s Unisex Hair Media Hometown Festival: Salon Avery Singh Seydi Sy Louisa Taylor Charles Tesch • Frank Morris, NeighborMedia Facecast April Wilmoth from What is Feminism • Michelle Lu, Revels RiverSing 2015 Mattingly Wood • Yanka Petri, What is Feminism? • Giulia Bandeira, Yanka Petri and Mohammed Sayed, Recycle, Reuse, Repair in Cambridge • Sam Brill-Weil,Yanka Petri, Zohar Propp-Hurwitz, Ray CCTV’S BACK LOT BBQ DiDi Delgado Bob Hurlbut & CCTV Vice Chair Steve Smith CCTV Chair Beverly Mire Silent Auction Donors O2 Yoga Acupuncture Together Salt and Olive Artist and Craftsman Supply Starbucks Asgard Sustainable Business Network B Cummings Salon of Massachusetts Boston Red Sox Tavern in the Square Brattle Theater Treasure Moon Healing Cabins on the Cove Beth Redmond Walsh Cambridge Naturals World Music/Crash Arts Cambridge YMCA Whole Foods Market Central Rock Gym Central Square Theater Restaurants Charles Riverboat Company 1369 Coffee House Cinderella’s The BBQ Crew Coolidge Corner Theatre Cambridge Brewing Company Craigie on Main Christopher’s Healthworks Fitness Centers for Dunkin’ Donuts Women Iggy’s Bread of the World Lorenzo Geraci India Pavilion Google Insomnia Cookies Harvard Museums of Science Little Donkey & Culture Middle East Restaurant & Derrick Jackson Night Club Kameleon Healing Patty Chen’s Dumplig Room Mass Bay Lines Petsi Pies Middle East Restaurant Redbones & Night Club Royal East Miracle of Science Royal Pastry MIT Museum Toscanini’s Ice Cream New England Aquarium Trader Joe’s Passim Veggie Galaxy Redline Fight Sports Whole Foods Market Oct/Nov/Dec 2016 CCTV Open Studio 3 EVENT COVERAGE & CCTV-INITIATED CCTVcambridge.org/coverage PROGRAMMING CCTVcambridge.org/production Cambridge events and issues are typically not covered by the Boston-area media. For this reason, CCTV provides event coverage to many local non-profit organizations and City agencies, and initiates other programming of interest to the Cambridge community. Event Coverage Highlight Cambridge Broadband Matters Over the summer, CCTV produced two new episodes of City Splash Cambridge Broadband Matters, one featuring Saul Tannen- On July 12, the Charles River Conservancy hosted its fourth baum, the other featuring Dave Talbot, Ben Compaine, annual City Splash event which gave residents the opportunity and Ming-Tai Huh. Cambridge Broadband Matters, a series to swim in the Charles River. The Conservancy also an- produced by Anne Schweiger and CCTV, explores the nounced the completion of a feasibility study recommending relationship among people, public institutions, non-profit a permanent swim spot near North Point Park. Renata Von organizations, businesses, and broadband in Cambridge. Tscharner, founder and president, was on hand to greet residents as they took a jump in the water. The production was filmed byKent Thompson and edited by Josh Arevalo. Bay State Forum Bay State Forum, a public affairs program produced by Barbara Anthony and CCTV, shot two new episodes over the sum- A Farewell Conversation with City Manager Richard mer. One focused on a discussion about charter schools with Rossi guests Jamie Gass, Joanna Weiss, and Glenn Koocher. The On June 29th, the Cambridge Community Center and other episode featured State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg. Executive Director Darrin Korte hosted a Farewell Conversation with Cambridge City Manager Richard Rossi at the Dear New City Manager Cambridge Public Library. Cambridge native and CCC board Want to send a note to the new City Manager? Well, here is member Samuel Gebru chatted with Rossi about his time as your opportunity. If there is anything you want him or her to the City Manager, advice he might give to the next City know about you, your neighborhood, organization, or Manager, and his experience as a lifelong Cambridge resident. business, you can record a short video letter. Contact Seth at The production was filmed by CCTV internAvery Dwyer. 617.401.4006 or email seth at [email protected] to set up a time to record your message. Seth Myer X contact: Seth Myer 617.617.401.4006 or [email protected] 4 Oct/Nov/Dec 2016 CCTV Open Studio CCTV MEMBER PRODUCTIONS Congratulations to the following CCTV producers for starting and finishing their productions! * Indicates this contract was completed. Single Contracts Albino