Non-profit MediaWhat goes into making MNN? Whatever you put into it.

• Downtown Community Television (DCTV) [1] - An independent non-profit media center that offers low-cost classes and resources for TV and electronic media production.
• Deep Dish TV [2] - A grassroots satellite network linking producers and programmers, independent video makers, and activists.
• Democracy Now! [3] - The national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 225 stations in North America.
• Dyke TV [4] - A community media resource center offering mentorships for lesbians in all aspects of video production, video editing, and web design.
• National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture [5] - NAMAC is a national association of non-profit organizations and individuals committed to furthering the media arts: film, video, audio and digital.
• Paper Tiger TV (PTTV) [6] - An open, non-profit, volunteer video collective. Through the production and distribution of public access series, media literacy/video production workshops, community screenings and grassroots advocacy, PTTV works to challenge and expose the corporate control of mainstream media

Alliance for Community Media [7] - A nonprofit, national membership organization founded in 1976, the Alliance represents over 1,000 public, educational and governmental (PEG) access organi-
zations and community media centers throughout the country.

The Global Village CAT [8] - Worldwide links to 600 Community & Public Access Television sites and other links related to the movement for Freedom of Speech. The most comprehensive list of U.S. access centers.

The Buske Group [9] - Consultant to many access centers.

Study of US PEG Access Centers [10] - Useful statistics on public access

Public Access Histories

• The History of Public Access Television [11] - A short article by Bill Olson - definitely worth reading!
• Also read this history from the Museum of TV and Radio [12].
• A more progressive view is offered by Doug Kellner in Public Access: Alternative Views [13].
• Want more? Dip way back into the portapack days of early experimental and community media via the wonderful Radical Software [14] archive web site.
• Then look into the Early Video Project [15] website by Davidson Gigliotti for more articles and interviews.

Public Access Centers in New York

• Brooklyn Community Access TV (BCAT) [16] - (started 1991) 718-935-1122, Time Warner Cablevision
• BronxNet [17] - 718-960-1180, 252,000 homes, Cablevision
• Queens Public Television [18] - 718-886-8160
• Staten Island Community Television [19] - (started 1983) 718-727-1414, 111,000 homes

NY State Legislation

• New York State Public Service Commission [20] - Check ‘current issues’ for statewide legislative initiatives, public hearings, etc.)

National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) [21]

Media Reform Network [22]

Reclaim the Media (NorthWest) [23]

Center for Creative Voices in the Media [24]

Independent Media Centers [25]

Prometheus Radio Project [26] - Good source for LPFM issues.

Media Access Project [27] - General Media Policy issues.

Spectrum Policy, New America Foundation [28] - Good site on Communications Spectrum Usage and Policy.

Videomaking

• The Digital Filmmaker’s Resource Site [29] - A smorgasbord of resources for the digital filmmaker. News, job listings, podcast, discussion forums, etc.
• Studentfilmmakers [30] - An online forum for learning and discussing film and videomaking.

Videoblogging

• blip.tv [31] - A videosharing site that takes care of the servers, the software, the workflow, the advertising and the distribution. Just the creativity is up to you.
• Freevlog [32] - How to videoblog and host your media for free. Plus a substantial list of new vloggers, updated daily.
• Node101 [33] - An open source, collaborative project created to teach and spread videoblogging worldwide.
• VlogMap [34] - World map of videoblogs. Find vlogs near and far. Add your feed, subscribe to feeds.