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reifman — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:07:21 -0400

Teaching an Old Boomer New Tricks

Kari Peterson — Sat, 27 May 2006 01:38:44 -0400

Hi. By way of introduction.. I'm a life-long Californian and have spent the last couple decades serving as founding executive director of a non-profit media organization -- Davis Community Television. We taught people to use the tools of television to make programs about subjects they cared about to show on our local cable system. I left that job just a few months ago for -- I think it's safe to say -- bigger and better things. Cable television programming suddenly feels woefully inadequate as a vehicle for expression, advocacy, information sharing and effecting social change. I've become convinced that while television is a powerful medium, it pales in comparison to the potential effectiveness of digital media making and internet distribution. Our work to educate, inspire, mobilize and engage people can be far more effective through the use of new media tools. The community media movement, whose workers are largely baby boomers, can learn a lot from the Millennial Generation -- youth who are revolutionizing the way we make and share media. I'm here to learn how to use new digital media for positive social purposes.

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Teaching an Old Boomer New Tricks