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About this episode

From citizen journalism to reporters round-tables and standard news formats, PEG access centers have unique opportunity to fill a community need as the fourth estate come under serious attack thus building PEG's strong connection to community events and partners. The panel will focus on the process an access center needs to go through to decide what type of news programming is needed to best serve its community, what format and segments to consider, how to locate appropriate on-air, production, and editing talent, what is involved in the news gathering/editing/scripting process along with the production process, and how to maintain editorial integrity and positive relations with city or town officials. Video examples will be included. Moderator: Paul Berg, Principal, pdBerg Consulting, Arlington, MA. Panelist: Jane Christo, The Fletcher School's Edward R. Murrow Center at Tufts University, Medford, MA and Art Singer, Broadcasting & Cablecasting Consultant, Newton, MA.

• Release Date

  May 21, 2009

• Runtime

  01:29:35