Interview

Tim Erickson – Connecting During Crisis

A father from St. Paul, Minnesota explains how he turned to an online discussion forum to connect to his community, and how he learned the power of online forums to link people to information and to each other in times of crisis.

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Maureen Mann – The Forum

A New Hampshire state legislator tells how her initial move to a media-poor part of her state led her to create an online newspaper that turned her neighbors into journalists.

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Martin Macias, Jr. – Ambos Lados: Both Sides

A young Latino radio reporter and organizer from Chicago explains how he learned what it takes to really hear his own community.

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Gayla Benefield - Lessons of Libby, Montana

Now in her 60s, a community activist in Libby, Montana describes how her parents' deaths from asbestos-related disease led to her struggle to interest media in reporting on the health and safety issues related to the local vermiculite mine.

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The law professor who organized "Information Stories" explains how his media-rich youth led him to worry, as an adult, about the news and information needs of local communities.

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This documentary tells the story of the California State Water Resources Control Board's broad responsibilities to protect surface and ground water quality and the challenges of trying to balance competing demands on the state's water resources.  By profiling several Water Board employees around California and examing the projects they implement, viewers will come away with a better understanding of the Water Board's mission, and the importance of the agency's work.

Executive Producer: Margie Youngs, CSWRCB myoungs at waterboards.ca.gov

Patrick Shearer hosts Karina Wong, ArtAbout co-ordinator, and Nina Gatewood, Deputy Director for marketing, arts and entertainment of the Davis Downtown Business Association.

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Who looks out for consumers and ratepayers in California? Join DMA's Autumn Labbe-Renault as she interviews Mark Toney, Executive Director of TURN - The Utility Reform Network. TURN helps consumers understand their bills, challenge unjust utility company practices and access information about important money-saving programs. The interview covers unfair landline and cell phone practices affecting consumers in California, and explores TURN's broad range of work across the state.

Jon Li interviews Davis City Council Elect member Lucas Frerichs.

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