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Inside SF Commons' Music Video Workshop with Nyle

Public Access Television | Posted on: Thursday, March 29, 2012

By Matt Sussman, Marketing & Development Associate 

Video may have killed the radio star, but sites such as YouTube and Vimeo are now keeping alive the very format that MTV revolutionized. Sign up for SF Common's Music Video Workshop (April 7-8 and 14-15

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SF Commons New Program Hours!

Public Access Television | Posted on: Wednesday, December 14, 2011

You've asked for them and now they're here! Starting January 1st, 2012, SF Commons will offer more accessible evening and weekend program hours for producers. Edit suites, equipment checkout, ingest stations, and our other tools and services will be made available more when you need them, on evenings and weekends. In addition to this, we will have more Saturday workshops and community events. Check out our new program hours below:

Starting January 1st, 2012

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Send a message to Congress that community media counts

Public Access Television | Posted on: Tuesday, November 01, 2011

A few years ago, large corporate media conglomerates lobbied state and federal legislators to fix the laws so that community media access centers like BAVC can only use franchise fee funding for capital -- buildings, equipment, and the like.  But that's had the affect that the corporations intended, causing many centers to close their doors entirely, and for those that managed to survive, causing them to lay off staff and downsize, eliminate training programs and other critical

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CreaTV San Jose Call for Entries: The Creative Awards

Public Access Television | Posted on: Friday, October 14, 2011

Our colleagues at CreaTV San Jose have issued a “CALL FOR ENTRIES” for its second annual signature event honoring excellence in video production. SF Commons producers are encouraged to submit their work. The details and application form can be found here on CreaTV's web site.

Videomakers of all ages in the nine Bay Area counties plus Santa Cruz County are invited to submit videos to CreaTV San Jose for

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Alliance for Community Media holds successful public policy training in D.C.

Public Access Television | Posted on: Friday, October 14, 2011

This week in D.C., several of our colleagues from public, educational, and government (PEG) TV stations across the country who are members of our national community media organization, the Alliance for Community Media, held a Capital Hill Day training and series of meetings with legislators who have the power to set regulations governing PEG and community media.  The ACM partnered with the New America Foundation, Free Press,

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Digital Storytelling Workshop for Veterans

Public Access Television | Posted on: Tuesday, September 13, 2011

SF Commons and the San Francisco Veteran Affairs Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center have partnered up to develop a mental health recovery-oriented digital storytelling workshop. Through a sequence of workshops, veterans will be offered an opportunity to learn the process and tools of digital storytelling and media production to share their experiences and find a voice in the local community.  In the process, veterans will learn media technology skills essential to

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Shoot a PSA for your organization at BAVC!

Public Access Television | Posted on: Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Bay Area Video Coalition and SF Commons public access television is searching for new PSAs to air in between our programming. Thursday, September 22 & September 29, 2011 we will be hosting two 4-hour PSA development workshops from 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. where your organization can come to BAVC and shoot a 30-60 second PSA. You can prepare a script that describes your organization's mission statement and we will film and edit your project or you can organize a collage of

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n3 media fellowship position available at SOMArts

Public Access Television | Posted on: Friday, August 26, 2011

As part of our ongoing media partnership through SF Commons, SOMArts is looking for a fellow to manage their media projects this fall.  It's a great opportunity for a qualified applicant to build their resumé while producing content for SF Commons and SOMArts, and the fellow will get great exposure to training, equipment, and the local arts scene.  

For more information or to apply, see:

(THE N3 FELLOWSHIP POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED)

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Pete Escovedo Live from Mission Cultural Center on SF Commons, 08.24.11

Public Access Television | Posted on: Tuesday, August 23, 2011

 

Talking Art and Music with Pete Escovedo
Wednesday August 24, 6:00pm / Theater / FREE 
8:00 pm Reception / Main Gallery
at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts 

The legendary Pete Escovedo –who turned 76 years young in July –will be joined on stage with radio personality Sterling James (often heard on KBLX). The evening will be hosted by San

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Final n3 pilot episode coming soon!

Public Access Television | Posted on: Wednesday, June 15, 2011

by Anne Simmons, n3 Project Manager

For those of you following the SF Commons Neighborhood News Network pilot program as it unfolds, we are coming upon our third and final live cablecast pilot. Following our first two shows--the Boys and Girls Club of San Francisco Willie Mays Clubhouse on April 25th and South of Market Cultural Center (SOMArts) on May 18th--we are excited to come to you live from the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts on

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