Karuk Tribe wins "Community Connect" grant
Posted August 22nd, 2011 by seanm
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Projects to Provide Broadband to Rural Communities
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 22, 2011
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contenti...
"The Community Connect program has been instrumental in providing broadband access to residents in remote areas and low-income communities. This year, the Karuk Tribe in Orleans, Calif., will receive a Community Connect grant to provide Internet services to 570 tribal members in a mountainous region of Northern California." read more »
AH Advocating for community Broadband Deployment
Posted August 10th, 2011 by Lilach
Broadband access has been an issue for California's North Coast region, so the fragile nature of communications was, again for the fifth time, recently highlighted by a fiber optic cable outage that
impacted communication networks serving the region around Eureka and Humboldt County, California. read more »
Local Filmmakers Night on KHSU
Posted July 19th, 2011 by Lilach
If you didn't catch it live, listen to KHSU interview with John Bensch (creator of Bobby G), Cassandra Hesseltine (Humboldt Film Commissioner, and Sam Kaplan (Access Humboldt) talking about Local Filmmakers Night and more... (starts 11min in)
http://khsu.streamguys.net/21226.mp3Sean McLaughlin Explains Open Internet Issues on KMUD News
Posted March 1st, 2011 by Lilach
Click on the attached file to listen to Sean's interview with Terri Klemetson on KMUD Local News (3/1 8am addition). The interview starts at 00:19:15.
http://kmud.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=83FCC's order fails to adequately protect net neutrality
Posted February 23rd, 2011 by Lilach
"Appeal from Verizon and MetroPCS did not follow normal protocol and was “prematurely” brought to court."
click on the link below to read more.
http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_17459941Protecting the open Internet
Posted February 22nd, 2011 by Lilach
"On Tuesday, Free Press, Media Access Project, Media Mobilizing Project, Access Humboldt and Mountain Area Information Network filed motions to intervene in the Verizon and MetroPCS appeals of the Federal Communications Commission’s open Internet order."
Click on the link to read more.
http://www.freepress.net/press-release/2011/2/22/public-interest-groups-file-motion-intervene-verizon-metropcs-suitsCreating a Civic Media Memory Bank
Posted November 23rd, 2010 by Lilach
"Access Humboldt in Eureka, California believes that broadband is the future of community media. They have established partnerships with other community organizations to develop a broadband network for the rural community they serve."
Read more at the PBS.org link bellow.
http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2010/11/how-public-access-tv-evolved-into-community-media-centers324.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaignExpanding Region's Community Media
Posted October 28th, 2010 by Lilach
"This year, Access Humboldt's award-winning broadband media initiative, called Digital Redwoods, will grow another ring. Just like our inspiring forests, the region's community media continue expanding local roots and canopy networks to build a stronger community"
http://www.times-standard.com/business/ci_16455666Stimulus funding to promote digital literacy in Humboldt County
Posted August 26th, 2010 by Lilach
"With the help of some stimulus funding and a national program to promote digital literacy, Access Humboldt is hoping to expand the digital horizon for a new generation of storytellers in Humboldt County."
Read Donna Tam's article for The Times-Standard.
http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_15898836Humboldt County's General Plan and its Communications Element
Posted August 19th, 2010 by Lilach
If local visionaries have their way, Humboldt County's General Plan will include a new Communications Element focusing on fundamental policies to develop local communications infrastructure and services to meet local needs.
Read Sean McLaughlin's Op-Ed published in Times-Standard
http://www.times-standard.com/business/ci_15825722
