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Outreach
Halleck v. Manhattan Community Access Corporation; 2nd Circuit Feb 2018
FOR READING ONLY: The WESTLAW reprint of the holdings of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit New York City in the case of Dee Dee Halleck and Jesus Papoleto Melendez, community producers, in which Manhattan Community Access Corporation, d/b/a Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) suspended the plaintiffs from using MNN’s facilities for what MNN interpreted […]
MNN v. Halleck, Papoleto Melendez: ACM Amicus Brief
This is the Amici Curiae Brief filed by the Alliance for Community Media (ACM), the Alliance for Communications Democracy (ACD) and the National Association of Telecommunication Officers and Advisors (NCTA) in Case No. 17-1702 of the United States Supreme Court, Manhattan Community Access Corporation (d/b/a Manhattan Neighborhood Network, MNN) v. DeeDee Halleck and Jesus Papoleto […]
NY Law Journal: Public Forum Doctrine Extends to Public Access
FOR READING ONLY: This is the March 27, 2018 New York Law Journal’s analysis of the Second Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals February 9, 2018 holding for the plaintiff, Dee Dee Halleck, community producer, that she was wrongly suspended from using Manhattan Neighborhood Network’s (MNN) facilities. The Court found that MNN was a […]
Supporting Member RENEWAL Form
If you are a current Supporting Member, this (PDF fillable) Form includes your appropriate Annual Dues. Should you wish to Exhibit at VAN’s next Annual Members Meeting held on the First Friday of May, that Fee also appears on the Form.
US Supreme Court Decision in MNN v Halleck
This is the opinion of the US Supreme Court in which the majority opinion, written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, with dissenting opinion by Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justices Ginsburg, Breyer and Kagan, ruled against public access producer Halleck, stating that “being regulated by the State does not make one a state actor.” The question was […]
VAN Supporting Membership: Benefits & Qualifications
This document describes the Benefits and Qualifications for each level of Supporting Membership. The Application Form for NEW Supporting Members may be downloaded HERE. The RENEWAL Form for CURRENT Supporting Members may be downloaded HERE.
VAN Supporting NEW Membership: Application Form
To join VAN as a NEW Supporting Member, please download the Form, fill it out (it’s a fillable PDF form) and send it along with your check to the mailing address on the form. If you are RENEWING your Supporting Membership, that Form may be found HERE. Benefits and qualifying criteria may be found HERE. […]
ACM’s Comments in FCC MB Docket 05-311
This is the joint filing of the ACD, ACM, Cities of Bowie MD, Eugene OR, Palo Alto CA and Portland ME. This FCC Docket threatens to reduce PEG Access funding by changing the way certain in-kind services would be valued and then accounted against the franchise fee.
Gov. Scott’s 2017 Community Media Day Proclamation
To mark the 2017 Community Media Day, Governor Phil Scott issued this Proclamation on October 20th. If you download it and print on good paper, it will be suitable for framing.
How PEG Access changed Louis C.K.’s life
This is a brief clip from the April 28, 2015 episode of Fresh Air with Terry Gross. In it, Louis C.K. tells Terry how, after stopping taking drugs cold turkey in high school, he interned at his local public access operation in Newton, Mass, which ‘turned the corner’ of his life, and upon which experience […]
Millennial Impact Report – 2013
Enter the 2013 Millennial Impact Report, which reveals that Millennials aren’t interested in structures,
institutions, and organizations, but rather in the people they help and the issues they support. The key
for nonprofits, therefore, is to build a comprehensive Millennial engagement platform that invites them to
participate in the cause and maximize their involvement.
Millennial Impact Research
The Case Foundation conducted an extensive survey of communicators and their organizations on how and why to connect with Millennials. Practical advise is provided in this info-graphic rich document, published in 2014.
PEG Access System Facing Challenges: An OpEd
This opinion piece by Times-Argus Editor Steve Pappas was published in March, 2016.
PEG Filings in Docket No. 05-311
These are the links to the FCC website where you’ll find the filings of PEG Access organizations, municipalities and allies in the FCC’s Media Bureau’s Docket No. 05-311, which will threaten to eliminate local franchising and how cable operators’ in-kind PEG services are accounted for purposes of calculating PEG revenues.
Steve Pappas on PEG. VPR, August 17, 2015
Permission to post this MP3 was provided on August 31, 2015 by Sarah Mathews, Audience Services Associate at VPR.
Steve Pappas VPR Commentary, text
This is the text of Steve Pappas’ VPR commentary, first aired on VPR on August 17, 2015.
Town Meetings Media Release, April 5, 2017
Vermont’s Community Access Channels Grease the Wheels of Democracy. This document was sent to newspapers, online news entities, key Vermont Statehouse officials and our Congressional Delegation. It not only describes the important coverage that our PEG Access Centers provided in the 2017 Town Meetings, but also links to 50 of the many archived videos of […]
VPR Story: PEG Access Worried About Funding (Audio)
This is the MP3 audio file of the October 2, 2015 story by VPR’s Howard Weiss-Tisman entitled As Consumer Viewing Habits Change, Public Access Channels Worry About Funding. It’s a five minute report, which includes statements from Cor Trowbridge, Scott and Jim Porter of the DPS. File courtesy of VPR.net.
VPR Story: PEG Access Worries About Funding (Transcript)
This is the transcript of the story filed by VPR’s Howard Weiss-Tisman on October 2, 2015 entitled As Consumer Viewing Habits Change, Public Access Channels Worry About Funding. It’s a five minute report, which includes statements from Cor Trowbridge, Scott and Jim Porter of the DPS. File courtesy of VPR.net.
