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

• Downtown Community Television (DCTV) - An independent non-profit media center that offers low-cost classes and resources for TV and electronic media production.
• Deep Dish TV - A grassroots satellite network linking producers and programmers, independent video makers, and activists.
• Democracy Now! - The national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 225 stations in North America.
• Dyke TV - 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 - 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) - 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

Public Access

• Alliance for Community Media - 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 - 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 - Consultant to many access centers.
• Study of US PEG Access Centers - Useful statistics on public access

Public Access Histories

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

Public Access Centers in New York

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

NY State Legislation

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

Policy and Media Activism

• National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB)
• Media Reform Network
• Reclaim the Media (NorthWest)
• Center for Creative Voices in the Media
• Independent Media Centers
• Prometheus Radio Project - Good source for LPFM issues.
• Media Access Project - General Media Policy issues.
• Spectrum Policy, New America Foundation - Good site on Communications Spectrum Usage and Policy.

Videomaking

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

Videoblogging

• blip.tv - 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 - How to videoblog and host your media for free. Plus a substantial list of new vloggers, updated daily.
• Node101 - An open source, collaborative project created to teach and spread videoblogging worldwide.
• VlogMap - World map of videoblogs. Find vlogs near and far. Add your feed, subscribe to feeds.