Jun 1, 2023
Michael Sheridan, founder and director of Community Supported Film (CSFilm), was invited to offer a keynote address at Falmouth Community Media’s (FCTV) 30th anniversary event. The event was attended by FCTV staff and community as well as local and state...
Dec 23, 2022
As journalists and local news organizations, we have recognized over the past few years that we have too often lost touch with the basic civic information needs of our communities. It is difficult for citizens to engage with either news media or government without the...
Dec 8, 2022
Refugees of the Moria camp in Lesvos, Greece are behind the camera in the film Nothing About Us Without Us. One of the pressing complaints about Western journalism is that traveling reporters drop into the scene where a story is unfolding, tell only a fraction of it,...
Aug 15, 2022
Journalism is necessary for civic life because it’s a vital part of the networks that connect us. Storytelling is the basic way that all communities are created, whether they be neighborhoods or nations. When storytellers create a conversation about the neighborhood —...
Aug 8, 2022
“People who don’t watch the news watch me. People who watch the news don’t watch me.” Callaghan believes that independent creators like him will gradually replace the traditional pillars of journalism, “just because there’s so much distrust in media as it...
