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UPSTREAM ONLINE: The Year In Review (2003-2004) |
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Part I - July-Aug-Sept '03
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OPEN MIC! Where locals talkback live on Cable Channel 29
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CONNECTIONS FOR TOMORROW: Capacity building award for technology planning
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SUMMER '03 YOUTH PROGRAMS: Special trainings & collaborations
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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS SF: Production collaboration for non-partisan, pre-election TV coverage
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Recruitment yields diversity, leadership, and community expertise
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IHSS ANNUAL CONFERENCE: Outreach to disability & senior nonprofits
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- YOUTH-IN-ACTION: A program of the SF Conservation Corps, based in the Mission District
As part of its annual Summer Media Institute, Youth-In-Action brought
fifteen Latino youth, ages 12-16, into the Access SF facility for a
series of hands-on workshops & learning opportunities. The training
included an overview of public access, an introduction to the main TV
studio, a media literacy section, and (2) HOW-TO style coaching
sessions that covered on-camera appearances and tips to improve field
production. For their final session, Access SF staff assisted the group
with the realization of a 30-minute talk show on the growing
environmental concerns of trash in the City. Several youth had produced
their own video content throughout the summer that served as helpful
roll-in for their final, live-to-tape program, which was presented on
Cable Channel 29 during August 2003. Access SF staff members Alice Yu
& Jan Levine worked with Eva Myers, Youth-In-Action's Media Program
Manager on this first successful youth collaboration.
- 411 SUMMERFEST FOR YOU BY YOU(TH)
Access SF staff member Marc Smolowitz served on the Organizing
Committee of the 411 SUMMERFEST FOR YOU BY YOU(TH), a first time arts
and culture festival for youth and families - presented by Just Think
Foundation on August 16th, 2003 at Cellspace in the Mission District.
The process brought together staff contacts from 12 local nonprofits to
serve as mentors and work direclty with a team of youth interns
responsible for all aspects of the festival. Access SF supported 411
Summerfest interns with marketing and public relations, press contacts
and press release writing, and strategies for community outreach.
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Following a period of substantial outreach and recruitment, the Access
SF Board of Directors welcomed (5) new members in early Summer 2003.
Carmelita Harris, a long time producer on Cable Channel 29, joined the
Board as the designated Producer Representative. April Elkjer, Cecilia
Shepard, Allan Silva and John Tunui joined the Board as community
representatives, with Tunui also being currently active as a producer
who submits specials. Notably, all five new members represent
communities of color, ranging from mixed race to Asian-Pacific Islander
to Polynesian to African American. In its 2003-2004 configuration, the
Access SF Board is one of the most diverse in the history of the
organization.
- Pictured at right: Senior Board members, Pankaj Amin & Lisa Lowy,
who served on the Board Development Committee during its successful
recruitment period last year.
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In 2003, Access SF entered into a producing partnership with the League
of Women Voters SF to provide local audiences with expanded
non-partisan, pre-election TV coverage of both candidates and issues
coming bfore the voters. For the various 2003 & 2004 elections,
this has resulted in over 100 hours of original local programming being
produced and presented on Cable Channel 29, SFGTV, and as part of
Access SF's video-on-demand web page. The content has included a range
of in-house studio productions, including (9) Mayoral Candidate
Statements and Pro/Con Discussions covering a vast array of state and
local ballot measures.
All Access SF staff members have been helpful contributors to the
success of this ongoing production endeavor. Access SF member Alice Yu
was the main producer for the series in Fall '03/Spring '04, staff
member Jan Levine was the main producer in Fall '04, and staff member
Sade Huron has served as the main editor of the series throughout.
- At right, then SF City Treasurer & 2003 SF Mayrol Candidate Susan
Leal meets with a volunteer from the League during production of Nine
Mayoral Candidate Statements - Access SF Main Studio - Sept. 2003.
- For Fall '03 specifically, Access SF provided all other local
candidates for Sheriff, District Attorney and Mayor with an invitation
to participate in the station's free speech forum, Open Mic!. With this
added component, Cable Channel 29 marked the first time in the history
of public access in San Francisco that all candidates for local
political office were afforded the opportunity for unmediated,
pre-election television coverage.
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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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