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  • Get Your Students on the U.S. Army All-American Bowl Video Crew

    Get Your Students on the U.S. Army All-American Bowl Video Crew

    All American Games and NewTek are looking for a team of video production standouts to join the first national All-American Video Crew for the 2011 U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, TX January 5- 9, 2011.   They want high school seniors from across the country to submit video entries that showcase their work [...]

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  • Access Sacramento Helps Alliance for Community Media Western Region Host Successful Conference

    Access Sacramento Helps Alliance for Community Media Western Region Host Successful Conference

    by Ron Cooper Reno/Sparks, Nevada – John Asquaga’s Nugget Hotel welcomed 120 conference attendees for an information-filled two days (Oct. 15 & 16). The ACM Western States Region was joined by regional leadership from the Northwest, Southwest, Central, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic regions. Access Sacramento Board and staff helped organize the event by serving as the [...]

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  • “Youth Against the Hate” Hate Crime Forum – ARI

    “Youth Against the Hate” Hate Crime Forum – ARI

    On October 28th, 2010, Organization of Chinese American OCA, Asian Resources Inc ARI and Sacramento City Unified School District SCUSD hosted the second annual “Youth Against the Hate” Hate Crime Forum at C.K. McClatchy.

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  • Twelfth Game-of-the-Week Season Kicks Off with Boxing and Football

    Twelfth Game-of-the-Week Season Kicks Off with Boxing and Football

    By Ron Cooper With a mild summer season continuing to cool, the midway lights of our State Fair in the rear-view mirror, and school buses begin to roll through our neighborhoods, Access Sacramento gears up for another exciting year of high school, college, and amateur sporting events – “Game-of-the-Week” is back for a twelfth season. [...]

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  • Eight Access Sacramento Programs Named As WAVE Finalists

    Eight Access Sacramento Programs Named As WAVE Finalists

    The Alliance for Community Media, Western Region (CA, HI, CO, NM, AZ) announced the finalists in the 2010 Western Access Video Excellence (WAVE) Awards. The WAVE Awards honor the best public, educational, and government access programming from PEG cable access channels all over the West. Congratulations to the following eight programs seen on Access Sacramento, [...]

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  • The Alliance for Community Media (ACM)

    The Alliance for Community Media (ACM)

    Western Region Conference and Trade Show  Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New MexicoPlus Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Texas and all the humid states as well For conference details, registration and hotel information: www.ACMWest.org  ”Ignite the Voice of the Community – Join Us in Sparks”  Western States Regional Conference Friday-Saturday, October 15-16, 2010 John Ascuaga’s Nugget Hotel 1100 Nugget [...]

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  • Access Sacramento Helps Plan Media Conference – Reno, October 15 and 16

    Access Sacramento Helps Plan Media Conference – Reno, October 15 and 16

    by Ron Cooper Friends of Access Sacramento…. have you ever wondered how public, education, and government access cable television and community media centers operate in other Western communities? Are there programming concepts, production tips, new equipment ideas, board development questions, or legislative updates you are curious about but the friendly folks at Fry’s and City [...]

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  • Nicholas Sparks Brings Romance to Borders

    Nicholas Sparks Brings Romance to Borders

    Hundreds of people from all over California gathered at Borders Books, Friday night, to meet and mingle with world famous romance novelist Nicholas Sparks. “I drove from Southern California because I just couldn’t miss the opportunity to meet the most romantic author there is,” said attendee Marjorie Leonon. Sparks, author of such titles as The [...]

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  • Cell Phones Increase Minorities’ Access to Internet

    Cell Phones Increase Minorities’ Access to Internet

    by Amy Lawrence In a new study from the Pew Research Center entitled: “Mobile Access 2010” by Aaron Smith, “African-Americans and English-speaking Latinos continue to be among the most active users of the mobile web. Cell phone ownership is higher among African-Americans and Latinos than among whites (87% vs. 80%) and minority cell phone owners [...]

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  • Watch Journalism Panel Recorded in Partnership With Sacramento Press and Sacramento Bee

    Watch Journalism Panel Recorded in Partnership With Sacramento Press and Sacramento Bee

    by Ron Cooper This photo along with several others, by Colleen Belcher, can be found at www.SacramentoPress.com Continuing in our series of collaborative media partnerships, the Hometown-TV crew documented the six person panel of local media managers entitled “Paying for Content? Searching for New Media Revenue in the Digital Age”. Please read the very thorough [...]

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