Downtown Community Television

The article about DCTV was very interesting. It was great to see the success and improvement of a television station. Sometimes I feel like working with R-TV is a waste of time because I feel like no one cares. This article gave me some hope that maybe one day it could get big. It was interesting that DCTV streamed shows that exposed political, social, and economical issues. Their "home" was the Lower East Side and Chinatown Manhattan and many people from this area are minorities and live in poverty. Many of these people do not have a say in mainstream media so DCTV was a way for them to express their feelings. We need to get people involved in R-TV that have a passion about something, people that want their voice to be heard. This article also mentioned how DCTV "trained tens of thousands of students in basic video production techniques. In addition DCTV helps local artists, community groups, and independent producers create television programming of uncommon integrity, creativity, and utility. Many of these community producers have gone on to successful careers as media educators, independent producers, and video artists" (137.) This reminded me of our community engagement projects because they engaged themselves in the community and it paid off. The community was really portrayed throughout this article. It is important that we create and reach out to the Rollins community and get them engaged in R-TV.