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UPSTREAM ONLINE: The eNewsletter of Access SF |
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In This Issue:
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Oct/Nov 2004 - Vol. I - Premiere Edition
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UPSTREAM ONLINE: The eNewsletter of Access SF / Cable Channel 29
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PUBLIC ACCESS PROGRAM NOTES: Open Mic! & Newsroom are Local Highlights
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THE SAN FRANCISCANS - YEAR TWO: Exploring the Diversity & Vitality of the Nonprofit Community
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SAN FRANCISCO MEDIA ADVOCATES: Community Coalition for Cable Franchise Renewal
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NOW PLAYING Thru Oct. 31st: Pro/Con Discussions of Local Ballot Measures on Cable Channel 29
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STAFF TRANSITIONS: Special Thanks to Jan Levine - Scott Boswell - Alice Yu
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HELLO FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES & SUPPORTERS OF PUBLIC ACCESS:
Access SF / Cable Channel 29 is pleased to bring you UPSTREAM ONLINE,
our bi-monthly eNewsletter that will keep you connected to community
media & public access television in San Francisco. Please review
this premiere edition with our compliments, and share it with others
who are interested in local stories, free speech and the future of
democratic media.
As the City's designated manager of public access TV, Access SF is your
representative local media outlet; Cable Channel 29 is what we like to
refer to as your ELECTRONIC GREENSPACE. With 225+ regular series
monthly & over 4,800 hours of original local programming annually,
San Francisco community media is a thriving and dynamic force in our
21st century media landscape - one that provides unexpected value in
the lives of local citizens by strengthening the fabric of community
life.
STAY CONNECTED: Local citizens & community organizations are
encouraged to make contact with us to explore how the station and its
range of programs and resources can make a difference in our local
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connect public access viewers, producers, advocates and the
community-at-large. For information, go to:
http://accessf.org/listserve.htm
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST & FOR BEING A PART OF OUR GROWING
COMMUNITY. Join us online, offline, and, on cable television.
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** NOW PLAYING ON CABLE CHANNEL 29 **
THE SAN FRANCISCANS is Access SF's award winning community outreach
project that connects the local nonprofit sector with the resources of
public access television. Now in its second year, the program model for
04-05 includes THE in-house production of original talk shows and
public service announcements (PSAs) that address the themes of health
care innovation, multi-lingual services, and community violence. For
YEAR TWO, Access SF has, so far, produced (3) new talk shows and a
slate of PSAs involving (7) local nonprofits ogranizations. Local
presentations from this latest round began screening on Channel 29 the
week of Oct. 11th and will continue through the end of the month.
Repeat presentations of each episode are likely program additions in
the coming weeks and months.
PICTURED AT RIGHT: The staff of BROTHERS AGAINST GUNS at work with
Access SF staff on the original PSA "Buying A Gun On The Street Is
Cheap; A Human Life Is Priceless."
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THE SAN FRANCISCANS - YEAR TWO - Remaining playdates in Oct '04
EPISODE 6: FOCUS ON COMMUNITY HEALTH (30 min.)
* Sat 10/23/04, 10pm - Mon 10/25/04, 3pm - Tue 10/26/04, 12:30pm -
Fri 10/29/04, 5:30pm - Sat 10/30/04, 9:30pm
Featuring: Perri Franskoviak, PhD, Staff Psychologist, Harm Reduction Therapy Center - www.harmreductiontherapy.org
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EPISODE 7: FOCUS ON MULTILINGUAL SERVICES (60 min.)
* Fri 10/22/04, 12:30pm - Wed 10/27/04, 4:30pm - Fri 10/29/04, 11:30pm
Featuring:
- Yelena Zmushko, Community Health Outreach Worker, Sunset Russian Tobacco Education Project - www.bacr.org
- Patricia Erwin, MPH, Program Manager, Newcomers Health Program www.dph.sf.ca.us/CHPP/newcomers/newcmrs.htm
- Tony Albert, Skills Coordinator, JVS: Vocational English as a Second Language Program - www.jvs.org
- Camille Hamani, Director of Job Seeker Services. Upwardly Global - www.upwardlyglobal.org
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EPISODE 8: FOCUS ON COMMUNITY VIOLENCE (60 min.)
* Fri 10/22/04, 1:30pm - Mon 10/25/04, 2pm - Sat 10/30/04, 10pm
Featuring:
- Dr. Joseph E. Marshall, Jr., Co-Founder / Executive Director, Omega Boys Club / Street Soldiers - www.street-soldiers.org
- Shawn M. Richard, Founder & Executive Director, Brothers Against Guns - www.brothersagainstguns.org
- Sharen Hewitt, Project Director, CLAER: Community Leadership Academy Emergency Response - www.sfsu.edu/~urbins
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In 2003, Access SF entered into an ongoing production partnership with
the League of Women Voters SF to encourage voter education &
turnout by providing local audiences with expanded non-partisan,
pre-election TV coverage. For the Nov. '03 & March '04 elections,
this resulted in 85+ hours of original local programming, including
studio-produced candidate statements for the SF Mayoral race and
pro/con discussions covering both state and local ballot measures. For
the upcoming local elections on Nov. 2nd, Access SF is pleased to
present our third and newest round of productions with the League of
Women Voters. NOW PLAYING THRU OCT. 31st, local viewers can watch Cable
Channel 29 daily for extensive, advance coverage of the Nov. '04 local
elections, including (8) Pro/Con Discussions on San Francisco's ballot
measures that are set to come before the voters in just two weeks time.
PICTURED AT RIGHT: Former SF City Treasurer & 2003 SF Mayrol
Candidate, Susan Leal with a volunteer from the League during Access
SF's production of (9) Mayoral Candidate Statements, August '03.
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Recently, Access SF bid farewell to three of its key, long time staff
members, each of whom moved on from the station to pursue new
professional horizons in the fields of media & television:
- Jan Levine, Operations Manager for the past five years, has taken a
position as Managing Director at a Public Access station just outside
of Portland, OR.
- Scott Boswell, Production Facilitator/Trainer since 2001, has taken a
position at Youth Sounds, a leading Oakland-based media arts nonprofit.
- Alice Yu, Training and Internships Coordinator, who moved on from the
station earlier this year after four years with Access SF.
We wanted to take this opportunity to thank each of them for their
unique contributions to the station, especially during the buildout and
launch of the new public access facility at 1720 Market Street. We wish
them much success in their future endeavors!
PICTURED AT RIGHT: Jan Levine on her last day in Sept. '04, surrounded by staff colleagues & producers.
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Access SF is funded, in part, through cable operator grants
administered by DTIS, the Department of Telecommunications &
Information Services of the City & County of San Francisco. We
gratefully acknowledge the Access SF membership for their support and
the following agencies for grants that contributed to our work in
'03-'04: the Cable Positive Tony Cox Community Fund; CTCNet & the
Department of Health & Human Services, through the Connections For
Tomorrow Capacity Building Award.
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