We are currently looking for community media leaders from Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming to join the ACMNWR board. Do you have a passion for Community Television, Low Power FM Radio and local information? Please send an email of interest to acmnwr@gmail.com and let us know why you would be a good fit. We meet one hour each month on zoom (currently the 2nd Wednesday of each month 6-7pm PST). Must be a current ACM member to qualify.
Saturday, March 1, 2025 · 2 – 8pm PST
Capital Community Media, 575 Trade Street Southeast Salem, OR 97301
Isaac https://myisaac.com/
Key Code Media https://www.keycodemedia.com/
2:00 PM
Door Open
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Vendor Demo
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Shared Leadership Panel Discussion
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Keynote Speaker – Deb Vinsel
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Best of The Northwest Awards
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
After Party – Networking
Deborah Vinsel began her career in community media in 1983 as the Producer/Trainer for Waycross Community Television in Forest Park, OH. She moved to the West Coast after her marriage to Lex Vinsel in 1986 and worked as a vocational educator / public access manager in Buena Park. In 1990, Deborah accepted the position as Executive Director / CEO at Thurston Community Media in Olympia WA and led the organization until her recent retirement.
Deborah has served in leadership with the Alliance for Community Media at the regional and national level. She was Secretary for the Central States Region for one year, Chairperson of the Western Region for 2 years, and served on the Northwest Region Board for 10 years, 4 of them as the Chairperson. As the regional chair in the West and Northwest, she served on the National Board of Directors for 5 years and was the chair of the conference planning committee. In 2005, Deborah was co-chair of the local planning committee for the national conference held in Tacoma. Deborah also coordinated the Hometown Video Awards for 8 years and the Best of the Northwest Video Awards for 7 years. In 1999, Deborah was honored by the Alliance with the Buske Leadership Award.
Additionally, she was the acting interim Executive Director for the Alliance national organization for the majority of 2008, splitting her time between Washington state and Washington D.C. managing both the Alliance and TCMedia.
Deborah has also served on the board of directors for The Washington Center for the Performing Arts and was on the founding board of trustees for Leadership Thurston County.
She was recognized as a 2005 Woman of Distinction by the Pacific Peaks Girl Scout Council, and was identified as one of the 2024 Exceptional Women by the Thurston County Chapter of Zonta.
The Best of the Northwest Awards is a chance for you to showcase exceptional community media programming. This prestigious awards contest honors outstanding programs produced by community media/PEG (public, educational, government) access TV and other non-commercial media in the Northwest region of the Alliance for Community Media (Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming).
This contest is looking for programs that you take pride in! Programs that people watched and appreciated, that made a difference in your community and demonstrated all that community access has to offer.
For over 20 years, Best of the Northwest has supported television programs that are made on a local level. With your entry, you’ll be joining a group of the Northwest’s most successful community and local access producers. You’ll also be supporting the Alliance for Community Media Northwest Region, an organization that works to preserve community access for future generations.
Entries will be judged at community media centers outside of the Northwest Region.
An awards presentation with clips from the winning entries will take place March 1, 2025 in Salem, Oregon!
OCTOBER 20TH 2023 (COMMUNITY MEDIA DAY)
Community Media Day is an annual celebration of the importance of free speech and accessible media for all individuals to have their voices heard. To celebrate, we’re hosting the ACM Northwest Regional Board for a conversation about the present and future of community media, the upcoming Best of the Northwest Awards (applications open September 15th!), and next year’s regional ACM conference in Olympia, Washington.
The future of community media is you, and the Alliance for Community Media exists to support your work in a shifting landscape of cable franchises, FCC policies and emerging technologies. The ACM advocates on issues like net neutrality, broadband access and the distribution and protection/production of artists’ work everywhere.
Meet the Northwest Regional Board and learn more about how you can get involved in the ACM’s network of creatives and activists in this important conversation! The ACM Northwest Region represents and advocates on behalf of all media creators and providers throughout Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Board Chair Chris Lawn will facilitate a panel of current Regional board members:
This event will take place from 3pm to 4pm PST in Open Signal’s Studio A. Afterwards, join us to mingle and network with board members and community producers over light refreshments. Register to attend in person at the link below!
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A GREATER NEED FOR LOCAL NEWS AND INFORMATION. ON OCTOBER 20TH 2022, JOIN US AS THE NORTHWEST REGION OF THE ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY MEDIA BRINGS YOU A FREE VIRTUAL PANEL ON THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY NEWS.
FEATURING JASMINE WHITE OF CAPITAL COMMUNITY MEDIA AND DANNY STUSSER OF THE JOLT NEWS. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT ACMNWR TO LEARN MORE AND MEET US ON ZOOM ON OCTOBER 20TH 4PM PACIFIC TIME.
Zoom link
Congratulations to the winners of the Northwest Region’s 2019 “Best of the Northwest Awards”! The Best of the Northwest Awards honors outstanding programs produced by community media/PEG (public, educational, government) access TV and other non-commercial media in the Northwest Region (Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming) of the ACM. The 2019 winners are:
Community Involvement/Empowerment/ Making a Difference
Winner:
Our Voice, Our World, Our Future
Honorable Mention:
Poor People’s Campaign Kicks off in Olympia
Democracy in Action
Winner:
Pasco League of Women Voters Candidate Forum, October 17, 2018
Honorable Mention:
Pasco City Council Workshop, May 29, 2018
Documentary
Winner:
Escape from Eagle Creek
Honorable Mention:
Behind Bars – The Making of Letters & Numbers
Experimental/Artistic/Abstract
Winner:
Time-Lapse Experiments
Forums and Events
Winner:
Mister Gresham: Todd Kirnan
Honorable Mention:
Clackamas County Participates in Pride NW Festival and Parade
Informative Feature
Winner:
Santa’s Holiday Cookies
Honorable Mention:
Behind the Blade
Inspirational and Religious
Winner:
Cha Cha the Clown Show
Honorable Mention:
Rex’s Recovery
Instructional, Training, and Educational
Winner:
I Am Native
Honorable Mention:
Take Action!
Local Performance
Winner:
SPARKY by molly BANG
Honorable Mention:
SLAM Living Room Sessions – Rebecca McDade
Produced by Youth
Winner:
Youth Production: The Oddity
Honorable Mention:
East Metro STEAM Partnership Promo
PSAs, Promos, and Station IDs
Winner (Tie):
2019 WFMC
CCTV Volunteer & Producer Party PSA
Honorable Mention (Tie):
Seattle Public Schools Open Enrollment
KPU 30 Second Advertisement
Shorts
Winner:
Doomed to Repeat
Honorable Mention:
Rescue 3
Shows for Children
Winner:
Flyers – or How the Wright Brothers Invented the Airplane
Honorable Mention:
Passport to Nature
Sports
Winner:
The Body*Smith Workout
Honorable Mention:
Mt. Hood Conference Basketball
Talk Show
Winner:
The Small Interview with Glamour Dave – Pilot Episode
Honorable Mention:
Behind the Curtain: Charlotte’s Web
Overall Excellence in PEG or Community Media Programming
Winner (Tie):
KPUtv Overall Excellence 2018
TCMedia Overall Excellence 2018
Honorable Mention:
CCTV 2018 Overall Excellence
Thank you to the judges from around the country who made the hard choices on just what programs were the Best of the Northwest! Award plaques and Honorable Mention certificates will be sent in the coming weeks. Thanks to all that submitted programs to the contest!
Sorry for the tardiness! The Region sent the following out on March 21 regarding the Best of the Northwest Awards via FilmFreeway; many of these messages were evidently caught in spam filters. Here is what we sent:
“Thanks again for entering the Best of Northwest Awards! Due to unforeseen logistical issues, the Region will not be holding an in-person event/award ceremony this year. We apologize for any hardship this may cause. We appreciate the value of gathering and having a public ceremony for our winners, but there were too many internal hurdles for the Region to get a ceremony together for 2019.
We do invite you to attend the national Alliance for Community Media’s conference to be held in Portland from July 10-12. Registration will be open next month on the ACM’s all-new website, www.allcommunitymedia.org.
We will, of course, be announcing the winners of the Best of the Northwest on April 5, so watch your email inbox! Plaques will be mailed to winners by the end of April.
Again, our apologies and thanks again for entering.
Cheers,
Best of the Northwest Awards”
Most winners should have been notified via FilmFreeway; log into your FF account to see current status. Once we have all winners, we will post the list here. Again, our apologies for any confusion.
The Best of the Northwest Awards is a chance for you to showcase exceptional media programs. This prestigious awards contest honors outstanding programs produced by community media/PEG (public, educational, government) access TV and other non-commercial media in the Northwest region (Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming) of the Alliance for Community Media.
This contest is looking for programs that you take pride in! Programs that people appreciated, that made a difference in your community, and demonstrated all that community access has to offer.
For over 20 years, Best of the Northwest has supported programs that are made on a local level. With your entry, you’ll be joining a group of the Northwest’s most successful community and local access producers. You’ll also be supporting the Alliance for Community Media, an organization which works to preserve community access for future generations.
Entries will be judged at community media centers outside of the Northwest Region.
**PLEASE NOTE: Audio entries may be submitted by sharing a link to Soundcloud or another audio hosting site. Please do not use the upload feature.
The Best of the Northwest Awards will accept submissions until February 28th. Enter today.
Luis works at Capital Community Television (CCTV) in Salem, OR as the Community Facilitator and loves helping people develop their ideas into programs. Video production started as a hobby for Luis, and has turned into his full time job.
He produces three different Spanish-language programs. CVEL PUNTO is a talk show that covers important information in the Spanish speaking community. The title of the show is a combination of the first letter of the hosts’ names, which combined with “Punto” means “We See the Point”. His second program is called Conexión con la Salud (Health Connection) which is about eating healthy, staying fit and preventing illness. The third program is Mini Concierto de Studio 77 (Mini concerts of Spanish music).
He is also the director for a monthly music series called Local Roots, where local bands perform 30 minutes of original music in CCTV’s studios. English is his second language, which he continues to work hard to master. He likes new challenges, because that’s how you learn and grow. In his free time, Luis enjoys spending time with family and friends, and working on cars, motorcycles, and electronics.
The 2019 Best of the Northwest Awards are open for your entries!
The Best of the Northwest Awards is a chance for you to showcase exceptional media programs. This prestigious awards contest honors outstanding programs produced by community media/PEG (public, educational, government) access TV and other non-commercial media in the Northwest region (Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming) of the Alliance for Community Media.
This contest is looking for programs that you take pride in! Programs that people watched and appreciated, that made a difference in your community, and demonstrated all that community access has to offer.
For over 20 years, Best of the Northwest has supported programs that are made on a local level. With your entry, you’ll be joining a group of the Northwest’s most successful community and local access producers. You’ll also be supporting the Alliance for Community Media, an organization which works to preserve community access for future generations.
Entries will be judged at community media centers outside of the Northwest Region.
Best of the Northwest grants awards in eighteen categories, as well as our highest award for Overall Excellence in P.E.G. Programming. Award winners are presented with a plaque for their outstanding program!
Awards will be presented at the 2019 NW Media Summit on April 13, 2019. Entries are due by February 28.
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