I know we fall back this time of year, but someone set September and October to warp speed, of this I am certain.
Those two months found our staff scrambling to cover many bases. On the DCTV side of the house, we produced a batch of candidate statements, covering races from the local school board to Congress. We co-sponsored and recorded several election forums around town, and aired more than 180 hours of election-related programming. Programming was encoded and shared online, both on candidates’ sites and on dctv.davismedia.org. Tip of the hat to Alex Silva-Sadder, Diane Dedoshka, Jeff Shaw and Cliff Gamble for their extra efforts here.
October also found us preparing for and attending the Western Region Conference for the Alliance for Community Media. We help organize the conference, presented, networked, and sowed seeds for future grants and collaborations. “In the Studio,” we produced segments on homelessness (thanks to new volunteer producer Laura Scott); the Davis International Folk Dancers; and Restore/Restory, the recent interactive media project unveiled by The Center for Regional Change at UC Davis. We welcomed new studio interns Daniel Tome and Nora Filet.
Last but not least, Jeff Shaw, Cliff Gamble and high school interns Kate Harris, Cormac McManis, Viesulas Sliupas, Shannon Segall and Aaron Burbank recorded numerous community events. Included were the Davis Food Co-op’s “Raising Davis,” on the origins of citizen-driven projects in Davis; the Yolo Food Connect Summit put together by County Supervisor Don Saylor’s office; the U.S. Bicycle Hall of Fame’s Annual Induction Ceremony; and DJUSD school-based shoots including Everybody Dance Now; Back-to-School Benefit Concert; men’s football and women’s volleyball.
This month finds us assessing and getting ready to replace aged-out field equipment for both public and educational access TV; writing our Annual Report; and planning for a Holiday Open House, Monday, Dec. 3 from 6-8 p.m. We hope you’ll make a few minutes to join us for a toast to the season and the latest news from your community media center by dropping by for some food & fun! There will also be live music, and at 7 p.m. some brief volunteer recognition and words of wisdom form our board. --Autumn Labbé-Renault, Executive Director