CCTV will present a specially produced commemorative video piece by local artist London Bridgez in honor of World AIDS Day (Dec.1). London's spoken word piece " Can’t Stop (Loving You)" pushes our expectations of the genre, building creative bridges between blues and soul. Her work mimics afro Caribbean oral traditions of story telling about love, life, and loss.

CCTV will be commemorating World AIDS Day by darkening our local cable Channel 10 and displaying a continuous scroll of names of Cambridge community members lost to HIV/AIDS along with this programming.

World AIDS Day will be recognized around the globe on December 1st with events that highlight progress, raise awareness, and remind us of how much work still needs to be done.

image credit: Alexandra @ Finch Studio : www.finchstudio.com

By Karen Klinger

It was at the Cambridge River Festival in June that artist Ralph Brancaccio’s 10-foot-tall “Y” sculptures first prompted Cantrabrigians to ask an obvious question: Why?

Why had these four brightly-colored artworks been installed along the festival grounds, and why were the words “AIDS,” “Discriminate,” “Care” and “Think” written on one each of the sculptures?

After the festival, visitors to four of the city’s parks—as well as nearby residents—also had reason to wonder why the “Y’s” had been moved there and how long they were going to stay. read more...

I've been doing some research for a Berkman project called Media Cloud, and I've come across a lot of sad little local news websites, even in big cities like Dallas, TX. Being small community papers and such, they're drastically under-funded, some of the sites not including any content at all other than contacts and advertising info. What I've found so far - and what I'm likely to continue to find even more of as I explore sites in even smaller markets - made me really appreciate this community and in particular, this website. read more...

Here are some of the stories produced by NeighborMedia journalists this week:

* Margaret Desjardins shares her video from the "Cambridge Flu Clinic & Emergency Dispensing Site (EDS) Exercise"

* Leslie Godfrey and Sergio Sotelo spotlight Cambridge residents and their hopes for change during Barack Obama's Presidency.

* NeighborMedia 2007-2008 alum, William O'Neill wonders "What's happening at North Point?" read more...

Continuo siendo un fan de Renny Ottolina. Con todo respeto reproduzco aqui este articulo de Renny Ottolina publicado en la Revista Resumen en Junio de 1980. Este articulo continua sieno valido hoy. read more...

Digital Natives, a research project located in-part at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard is seeking media production interns to report in the field. Here's the description from the Berkman Center's website:

"Digital Natives Reporters in the Field is looking for interns to research, report and produce audio and video clips for our ongoing media series. The internship requires 5-10 hours a week. Must be proficient in Final Cut and camera/audio equipment. Ideal candidates can set-up interviews, get clearance, record, edit, post and produce. This internship is great for independent self-starters who have stories to tell. Take a look at our blog for video examples." read more...

En este programa nos acompañan Victor Tejeda y Roxana Sibrián. Victor es un veterano de la radio, conduce dos programas en WUNR 1600AM: Amanecer Criollo, los sábados de 5:00 am a 7:00 am y La Voz del pueblo, los domingos de 11:30 am a 1:00 pm. Roxana Sibrián, conocida como la voz femenina del deporte de Nueva Inglaterra, produce actualmente un segmento deportivo para el programa Conexión Hispana de la emisora WESX 1230AM, que se transmite diariamente de 8:50 am a 9:00 am y los viernes de 10:00 am a 11:00 am, además es coproductora junto a Rebeca Tejera del programa En Familia.

(English) read more...