Catalyst

Catalyst is the quarterly newsletter of the Community Media Center. Each issue features articles on current happenings at the CMC, upcoming events, a list of upcoming classes, recent news on CMC projects, and other related material. Catalyst is provided as a benefit to CMC members.

Catalyst Archive

Local Future Kulture Teens Make Waves on Public Access Airwaves, Introducing Kevin Murphy: WYCE Station Manager, The Importance of Media Monitoring, Building Community through MoLLIE, Public Access and Public Television Share the same Point of View, Good News about the WYCE Signal

Beyond Access, Media & Democracy Lecture Series Continues to Grow, Phasing out VHS as a Medium, Non-profits and Website Accessibility

CMC Names New Executive Director; The Wealthy Theatre: Year in Review; Groundbreaking Reveals Dirk Koning Gardening Project; Change of Personnel at WYCE; From Book to Musical Review: Bessie Smith and the Night Riders at Wealthy Theatre; Crying "Wolf" and Public Access; CMC Library Now in Full Swing; A Bell to Remember Dirk

The Story behind the Wealthy Theatre Annex; Building a Media Accountability Movement; Search for Executive Director Nearing the End; Brave New Voices Poetry Slam; Making Television at GRTV in One's Retirement Years; Change of WYCE Music Directors; "We Can Do Bells!" Community to Commemorate Dirk Koning in Garden Walkway; Collaborative Project Produces Girls to Govenors; Pockets Full of Fish: The experience of working at GRTV; Everyone's A Critic; For What It's Worth: Reconnecting Community Through Media

Going Wireless on Wealthy: Hot Spot in a Cool City; Senate Bill Threatens Public Access TV; GRTV's Internship Program; Juan Monterroso: Volunteer of the Year; Local Media Fails to Cover Primary Election; Clay Cameron: GRTV Producer of the Year; Interview with Jeff Smith on GRIID's FCC License Renewal Campaign

Lights, Camera, Action: Catalyst Cinema Debuts at Wealthy Theatre; Students Showcase Social Marketing Campaign at Wealthy Theatre; CMC Continues Live Festival Coverage; Connecting the City with GRTV's City Connection

Community Media Visionary Dirk Koning Dies; Local TV Licensing Renewal Campaign; NPO Showcase Enters Fourth Year; CMC at Wealthy Street; History of Wealthy Theatre; WYCE Programmer Profile: Greg "The Driver" Adelman

Catalyst Radio Launches; GRTV Unveils New Editing System; CMC Unveils New Computer Lab; Working with MOLLIE

P.O.V. A Showcase for Independent Non-fiction Films; The Impact of GRTV Live Festival Coverage; GRTV Gets More Equipment; From the CMC to NYU: A Memoir

The Making of Classic Arts GR; Reflections on the MOLLIE Experience; New Royalty Free Music Available for use in GRTV Productions; GRIID Updates

Enter the Local Twilight Zone of Local News; MOLLIE Promotional Video Wins Alliance for Community Media Award; Getting to Know the MOLLIE Crew

GRTV at Festival: A Recap; Preying on Children: The Grand Rapids Press Helps Advertisers Target our Youth; Public Access TV is Fun; The VISTA Way

Bringing Festival into your Living Room and Computer; GRIID Launches Progressive Directory on the Web; Spring Forward: The Good Weather says it's Time to Catch the TV Makin' Bug; War on TV; Youth Channel Befriends Granholm

CMC Helps Take Control of Our Internet; GRIID's Women and Media Projects; CMC Helps Dedicate South Korea's First Media Center; Short Takes from GRTV; Just "Be Cause": Youth Channels of the World, Unite and Take Over; CMC Video Workshop Helps Combat the Spread of Aids

Broadband as Trojan Horse; 9/11 and the Media: One Year Later; A New and Improved Nonprofit Directory; Short Takes from GRTV; WYCE: Remembering September 11; Navin Kharmai: My Summer of Production

Chicks Make Flicks; TeleDemocracy Project 2002; Calling All Young Creative Minds to the "Third Coast"; Short Takes from GRTV; Mannie Gentile: A True MOLLIE Man; Democracy Now on LiveWire

Getting to Know VISTA, DPS and GRTV; The Changing Face of Local News; GRTV Station Break; Personal Documentary: What is Community Media?; High Speed Internet Overdrive for your Non-Profit

Community Media's Impact in South Africa; Racial Profiling in our Local News; DPS Velocity Chosen to Replace Analog Editing Systems; Personal Documentary: Sister Barbara Hansen; Getting Your Non-Profit on the Web

Community Media Center/Sagestone Website Competition; 2000 Election Coverage...Or Lack Thereof; The Future of Editing; GrandNet's Vision: Developing Technology for Non-Profits

Fourth Annual International Community Media Festival Held in Grand Rapids; TeleDemocracy 2000; Digital Camcorders Available at GRCMC; Non-Profits Get Connected: Affordable Web Development

Congressional Testimony on Lower Power FM from Dirk Koning; Recent Studies of Local Television News; Personal Documentary: Analog Thinking in a Digital World; Adoption of FACIL for Equipment Rentals; Radio Theatre on WYCE

City of Grand Rapids Cable Contract Renewal; WTO Protests: Alternative Media Reality; Low Voter Turnout in Fall of 1999 Mirrors Election Coverage; Visiting the Seattle WTO Protests Digitally; WYCE Power Increase Granted; Grant Allows GRCMC to Continue Offering Internet Training for Artists

Community Media Center Reports

Before publishing Catalyst, the CMC published Community Media Center Reports:

Tele-Democracy at the CMC; GRTV Equipment News; First Amendment Handbook: What can be Copyrighted; CMC Receives $25,000 Grant to Help Artists Learn about Internet

Festival 1999 Flashback: 3 Days of Live Video, Radio, and Webcasting; The CMC Report: Building Community; Media Literacy as Violence Prevention; WYCE Power Upgrade Approved by FCC; Digital, Full Speed Ahead

CMC Dedicates Studio to Tom Mathieu; Projects, Pundits and Portuguese: A GRIID Update; Micro Radio Planning Seminar Report; CMC To Offer Free Internet Training to Arts Community Jan Koopman; LiveWire Update

GRIID in 1999; GRTV New Directions; New Computers Enhance Edit Rooms