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New York Film/Video Council presents "Public Access 2.0= You(r)Tube" Panel Friday, December 4th at 6:30pm @ Manhattan Neighborhood Network Public access television was designed as an "electronic greenspace" to ensure airwaves and support for local individual and non-profit voices in a time of corporate control of the airwaves. How does this "electronic greenspace" thrive under recent hostile legislation and the flowering of the internet age? Despite current legislation that threatens to restrict licenses, public access centers continue to extend their mission as not only as channel operators but as community media centers that provide training and access to all forms of electronic media. Recent advances in web 2.0 media distribution tools offer additional opportunities for communities to broaden their audience and reach. The panel featured people working on the front lines of community media- from public access television stations to the Participatory Culture Foundation who discussed the urgent challenges, opportunities and ways for the public to get involved (as a producer or a citizen). Featured speakers included: Zenaida Mendez of Manhattan Neighborhood Network, Dorthy Thigpen of Third World Newsreel, Nan Rubin of Channel Thirteen and Anne Jonas of Participatory Culture Foundation.

• Release Date

  Dec 17, 2009

• Runtime

  28:22