CONTACT:
- John Barber, Digital Technology and Culture Program, 360-546-9645, jfbarber@vancouver.wsu.edu
- Pete Anderson, Fort Vancouver Community Television, 360-693-7544, p.anderson@fvtv.org
- Sheri Byrd, Office of Marketing and Communications, 360-546-9602, byrds@vancouver.wsu.edu
VANCOUVER, Wash. - The Digital Technology and Culture program at Washington State University Vancouver and Fort Vancouver Community Television non-profit community public access television on cable channel 11, have formed a partnership aimed at training future leaders of community media and expanding the presence of community television in Clark County.FVTV will provide professional internship opportunities to students in the DTC program, work with DTC faculty in training students in video production and help students gain project management experience in digital media.
John Barber, DTC faculty, and Pete Anderson, FVTV Community Outreach Coordinator will co-teach a "Community Media" course in spring 2009 at Â鶹´«Ã½. The partnership will team up DTC students with FVTV professionals to produce narrative videos, documentary films, websites, animations, podcasts, internet radio programs and other digital media for non-profit organizations in the Southwest Washington region.
"This will help raise students' awareness of, and commitment to, community involvement through ethical and professional utilizations of media," said John Barber, DTC faculty, "as well as build continued support for public access media." Other joint projects planned include fundraising events, a digital storytelling festival, and a live multi-media performance and broadcast of the Orson Welles' radio show, "The War of the Worlds."For more information on the Â鶹´«Ã½ DTC program, see .
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