Mike Wassenaar | St. Paul, MN | (651) 298-8900 | Inactive
The St. Paul Neighborhood Network cable-access television created a news page for citizen journalists to cover neighborhood and municipal news for use by media outlets throughout the Twin Cities. Network stories, videos and radio pieces were published on the cable-access website and on the Twin Cities Daily Planet site. The initiative is inactive.
2007 grantee Sherine Crooms talks about the work involved in getting the project going as well as surprises met along the way. This interview took place on April 5, 2008, at the New Voices 2007 Grantee Meeting at the Hilton Garden Inn in Washington, D.C.
Project Updates
- Show Time: A Public Premiere (August, 2008) - Saint Paul Neighborhood Network opened its doors to producers, community members and viewers in May 2008 when it hosted a public premiere of Saint Paul Newsdesk, a screening of pieces produced for the New Voices-funded project. The event was widely promoted on the cable channel, and the celebration was well attended and received. From stories […]
- SPNNing into Control (March, 2008) - The St. Paul Neighborhood Network held a competitive application process and enrolled 14 participants in News Desk, a citizen journalism initiative which aims to bring more voices from diverse communities to the cable channel’s programming. Those selected for the project went through an orientation and training program on video, lighting and editing. The diverse group […]
- Some Static on this Set (November, 2007) - Saint Paul Neighborhood Network is seeking to improve coverage of St. Paul neighborhoods by recruiting, training, assigning publishing and producing the work of citizen journalists working in print, radio, online and video. SPNN is working with several collaborators to create a Saint Paul Newsdesk, including the Twin Cities Daily Planet, an online community news site. […]
