Being a producer, and a member of Community Access Television of Salina, Inc. is a great way to get started in the world of community media production. But that first step shouldn't be the last one you take!
Across this country, there is a network of organizations dedicated to providing service and support for those interested in creating community media messages. They are definitely worth exploring, and ultimately joining as you continue to grow and evolve as a producer.
The first of which is the organization responsible for helping protect and foster both public-access television and community media centers from coast-to-coast, the Alliance for Community Media. The Alliance hosts an annual conference, attended by access producers, staff and board members - which includes the famous Hometown Video Festival, the video festival that celebrates the very best media created by access centers and their volunteers all across the country.
Membership in the ACM is an important thing for any access supporter. It helps fund the organization, and its lobbying efforts at the national level, as they work to protect not only our access center here in Salina, but all access centers around the country. They also produce a great magazine, the Community Media Review.
The second organization is one that's dedicated to fostering the growth of community-made "new media", as well as helping interested access centers grow to become true multimedia content providers. I'm talking about NAMAC, the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture. NAMAC's vision includes the development and funding assistance for documentary creation, podcasting, and an entire range of media creation enterprises.
Those are just two of the many collaborative agencies that exist out there to help both organizations and individuals interested in media content creation, media literacy, new media production, and much, much more. I'll be sure to post new links to these places as time goes by. In the meantime, check out both the Alliance for Community Media, and NAMAC.
Louann Walsh
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