roundtable: Hometown Video Festival Accepting Entries

roundtable: Hometown Video Festival Accepting Entries

Hometown Video Festival Accepting Entries

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Fri, 15 Dec 1995 08:27:21 -0500 

Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 08:27:21 -0500
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Subject: Hometown Video Festival Accepting Entries


FOR IMMEDIATE  RELEASE
December 6, 1995

HOMETOWN VIDEO FESTIVAL NOW ACCEPTING COMMUNITY MEDIA PROGRAMMING ENTRIES
Greater National Recognition for Media Professionals and Nonprofessionals

Washington DC -- The largest and oldest community media competition and 
festival in the United States will be accepting video programming entries 
until March 1, 1996. The 1996 Hometown Video Festival will be the 19th 
annual celebration of community media programming produced by the Alliance 
for Community Media and is expected to attract 2,000 entries in 33 
categories, plus four "Overall Excellence" categories that honor 
outstanding public, educational, and government (PEG) access facilities 
and local origination centers of cable systems. 

Entries by media professionals will be primarily judged separately from 
those produced by non-professionals. The programs will be judged on how 
well they address  community  concerns,  in addition  to technical  
quality and execution, by the staff and volunters of over 30 access 
facilities and cable companies across the country.

"We honor folks who are not necessarily media professionals, but who use 
use the powerful tool of video to communicate with their communities," 
said 1996 Hometown Video Festival Chair Deborah Vinsel, Executive 
Director of Thurston Community Television in Olympia, Washington. 
"What's unique about the Hometown Festival is that the effective 
presentation of a message is weighted more heavily than technical 
execution."

"Last year, we received a total of 1,751 entries from 392 cities in 
38 states and four Canadian provinces," said Barry Forbes, Executive 
Director of the Alliance. "But with the surge of interest in local 
community media, I expect that we'll top 2,000 this year!"

"We're also planning to provide more national recognition for producers 
this year," continued Forbes. "Not only will we print a complete listing 
of winners in our bi-monthly journal Community Media Review, but we'll 
also send all of our organizational members a directory with the winners' 
contact information -- and we'll publish a catalog of the contact 
information for everyone who enters the festival!"

Winners will be announced and awards presented on July 18, 1996, in the
Washington DC area at the 1996 Hometown Video Festival Awards Ceremony, 
which will be held in conjunction with the Alliance's 1996 International 
Conference and Trade Show. Entry fees for Alliance members are $36 for 
Media Professionals and $21 for Nonprofessionals. Entry fees for non-
members are $56 for Media Professionals and $46 for Nonprofessionals. 
1996 Hometown Video Festival entry forms are available from all Alliance 
member organizations or from the Alliance National Office at 
(202) 393-2650. Videocassettes of the 1995 Awards Ceremony and a three-
hour sampler of the 1995 entries may by purchased from the Alliance.

The Alliance for Community Media is a national, non-profit membership
organization committed to assuring everyone's access to electronic media. 
The Alliance accomplishes this by disseminating public information, 
advancing a positive legislative and regulatory environment, and 
supporting local organizing. Founded in 1976, the Alliance represents 
the interests of an estimated one million community, religious and 
charitable groups and individuals who use public, educational, and 
government (PEG) access channels and facilities to speak to their 
communities. The Alliance also serves the interests of over 950 public, 
educational and governmental ("PEG") access organizations and local 
origination cable services throughout the country.

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Alliance for Community Media
666 11th Street, NW, Suite 806, Washington, DC 20001-4542
Voice: (202) 393-2650   Fax: (202) 393-2653

Barry Forbes, Executive Director
Kelly Matthews, Membership
Jeff Hops, Government Relations
Wanda Sheridan, Conference and Hometown
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