AH In The News
- 'Digital Eureka' in works: Access Humboldt plans education, government network
When Access Humboldt Executive Director Sean McLaughlin explains his ambitious plan to link governments and educational institutions and at the same time grow a “network†that gives community residents an outlet, he often traces intricate informational spider webs on his office’s whiteboard. Some might consider that rather ironic when the plans he articulates will come into their own with the help of digital technology — wireless broadband communications and Access Humboldt’s planned Public Education and Government Network.
created: 22 Jul 2007 by jreid ::: updated: 22 Jul 2007
- A little popcorn with that civic lesson
FORTUNA -- Watching the City Council at work will soon be as easy as finding the remote and kicking that recliner into its natural position. Beginning Monday, at 6 p.m., the City Council will be broadcast on Access Humboldt's cable Channel 10. To commemorate this move into the world of prime time, the public is invited to a pre-meeting reception and open house, complete with refreshments, at 5 p.m. Monday. â€During the open house, the public will have a chance to tour the remodeled council chambers, see the broadcasting equipment and ask questions of city staff, council members and technical staff.
created: 11 Jun 2007 by jreid ::: updated: 11 Jun 2007
- A video facelift for supervisors?
EUREKA -- Those tuning in to watch Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meetings on cable got a fresh view of their public servants due to a fresh investment in technology. The county, as well as the other municipalities that participated in the recent franchise agreement with Suddenlink Cable, received $25,000 to update the audio and video systems that put those meetings on television.
created: 11 Jun 2007 by jreid ::: updated: 11 Jun 2007
- Access Humboldt director selected for fellowship
EUREKA -- Sean McLaughlin, executive director of Access Humboldt, has been selected by the Community Technology Foundation to join the ZeroDivide Fellowship. The two-year fellowship aims to increase the capacity of leaders in California to promote social justice through the use of information and communication technology. â€Rural communities of the Redwood Coast have particular challenges and opportunities with regard to technology and innovation,†McLaughlin said in a press release. “So I am delighted to have this opportunity to join with colleagues from across the state and build a movement that brings people together.†McLaughlin is one of 16 leaders from California to be selected for the fellowship, which will include four sessions focusing on strategic and innovative ways to use technology to improve communities. Advertisement
created: 29 Oct 2007 by jreid ::: updated: 29 Oct 2007
- Access Humboldt executive director invited to join ZeroDivide Fellowship
Sean McLaughlin, executive director of Access Humboldt, is one of 16 leaders from across the state of California selected by the Community Technology Foundation to join Class III of the ZeroDivide Fellowship. This highly sought-after two-year fellowship increases the capacity of leaders in California to promote social justice through the use of information and communications technology. “The ZeroDivide Fellowship is about building a movement of technology users who can turn information into action to improve society,†said Tessie Guillermo, CTF president and chief executive officer. “These ZeroDivide fellows exemplify the diversity of California’s communities, from communities of color, rural communities, people with disabilities and other underserved communities,†said Laura Efurd, chief community investment officer. “They have the passion and drive to use technology and digital media to advance social justice, and to influence technology policy to reflect the needs and desires of their communities.†McLaughlin said, “Rural communities of the Redwood Coast have particular challenges and opportunities with regard to technology and innovation, so I am delighted to have this opportunity to join with colleagues from across the state and build a movement that brings people together.†Access Humboldt is a nonprofit community service organization created in 2006 to manage cable franchise benefits for Humboldt County and the cities of Eureka, Arcata, Fortuna, Rio Dell, Ferndale and Blue Lake. Community access resources provided by Suddenlink include cable TV channels, local broadband network connections and support for a new community media center being constructed at Eureka High School, which is Âset to open in spring 2008.
created: 29 Oct 2007 by jreid ::: updated: 29 Oct 2007
- Access Humboldt kicks off digital media initiative
EUREKA -- Media and technology are evolving at a breakneck pace, and armed with a new cable franchise agreement and multimedia expert Jessemyn Reid, Access Humboldt is positioning itself to be on the cutting edge of public access innovation.
created: 02 May 2007 by jreid ::: updated: 02 May 2007
- Access Humboldt to provide even more access
Producing a program for public access television in Humboldt County is about to become kid's stuff this fall when Access Humboldt completes its new studio on the Eureka High School campus. In addition to providing educational opportunities for students, this new studio will allow any Humboldt resident with an idea to produce their own show.
created: 09 Jul 2007 by jreid ::: updated: 09 Jul 2007
- AH Advocating for community Broadband Deployment
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. Through the Digital Redwoods initiative, Access Humboldt is developing public, education and government networks to provide broadband media access. Local efforts include advocacy for community broadband deployment, and adoption efforts center around the Generation ZeroDivide project which received the region's only ARRA broadband stimulus funding. Our executive director, Sean McLaughlin spoke with KMUD News director Terri Klemetson about broadband policy and spectrum issues, the discussion aired on a Local News program that aired on August 9, 2011. [ref: Rural Broadband Policy Group, New America Foundation] Click on the link below to listen to the interviews. News item begins at 12:00 with fiber outage follow up story, followed at 13:10 by news item about Yurok Connect and "TV White Space" spectrum policy - benefit of unlicensed community broadband.
created: 10 Aug 2011 by Lilach ::: updated: 23 Aug 2011
- City Council hears broadband update
Blue Lake may be in the running for broadband access in the near future. Access Humboldt presented the Blue Lake City Council with an update at the council’s regular meeting Tuesday evening. Created a year ago, Access Humboldt is a nonprofit organization that manages cable franchise benefits throughout Humboldt County. Sean McLaughlin, executive director of Access Humboldt, said the organization is looking at the infrastructure necessary to provide access to more areas in Humboldt County, offering the example of the Digital Rio Dell project.
created: 28 Jun 2007 by jreid ::: updated: 28 Jun 2007
- Creating a Civic Media Memory Bank
"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.
created: 23 Nov 2010 by Lilach ::: updated: 23 Nov 2010
- Event to benefit installation of broadband service in county libraries
Oysters & Ale, a fundraising event to help make free Wi-Fi and broadband services possible at Humboldt County libraries, will take place at Woodley Island Marina, Sept. 14, from 5:30-9:30 p.m. Debi Farber-Bush and Kitty Yancheff began raising money for the event through the sale of “oyster beer,†which was donated by Lost Coast Brewery, at the Arcata Bay Oyster Festival on June 16.
created: 31 Aug 2007 by jreid ::: updated: 31 Aug 2007
- Expanding Region's Community Media
"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"
created: 28 Oct 2010 by Lilach ::: updated: 28 Oct 2010
- FCC's order fails to adequately protect net neutrality
"Appeal from Verizon and MetroPCS did not follow normal protocol and was “prematurely” brought to court." click on the link below to read more.
created: 23 Feb 2011 by Lilach ::: updated: 23 Feb 2011
- Fortuna makes its TV debut
FORTUNA -- The City Council made its first prime-time broadcast appearance Monday, with live airing of the meeting on Access Humboldt's cable channel 10, an event that kicked off with a procession of gratitude from young audience members.
created: 02 May 2007 by jreid ::: updated: 02 May 2007
- Humboldt County's General Plan and its Communications Element
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-Standardcreated: 19 Aug 2010 by Lilach ::: updated: 27 Aug 2010
- Humboldt County's General Plan and its Communications Element
created: 19 Aug 2010 by Lilach ::: updated: 19 Aug 2010
- Humboldt joins Digital Sister Cities initiative
Humboldt is the first county invited to join an international collaboration known as the Digital Sister Cities initiative. There are those who believe that the Redwood Coast can become a global leader with respect to innovation and development for next generation digital media. Believers include the supporters of Access Humboldt (www.accesshumboldt.net) along with key leaders at Humboldt State University, and the Humboldt Film and Digital Media Commission.
created: 13 Jun 2007 by jreid ::: updated: 13 Jun 2007
- Internet redundancy launched in city
A stop by Rio Dell City Hall now means free wireless Internet access to anyone who cares to log on. At Tuesday evening’s City Council meeting, the broadband service was officially launched as part of Access Humboldt’s “Digital Rio Dell†project.
created: 02 May 2007 by jreid ::: updated: 03 May 2007
- Local Filmmakers Night on KHSU
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)
created: 19 Jul 2011 by Lilach ::: updated: 19 Jul 2011
- New cameras in council chamber enhance broadcasts
Access Humboldt recently installed new audio and visual equipment in the Eureka City Council Chamber. City Clerk Kathleen Franco Simmons said the system broadcast beautifully the five times it has been used so far. “This is a project that through the past three budget years we have been trying to budget money toward, and last budget year we received the funds to replace our camera system,†Franco Simmons said.
created: 09 Jul 2007 by jreid ::: updated: 09 Jul 2007
- Protecting the open Internet
"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.
created: 22 Feb 2011 by Lilach ::: updated: 22 Feb 2011
- Rio Dell Digital Project ensures Internet access
RIO DELL -- This small Eel River Valley community is about to become the fourth city in California to offer free wireless Internet access throughout the town.
created: 02 May 2007 by jreid ::: updated: 02 May 2007
- Sean McLaughlin Explains Open Internet Issues on KMUD News
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.
created: 01 Mar 2011 by Lilach ::: updated: 01 Mar 2011
- Senate Democrats Slam House Efforts to Derail Net Neutrality Rules
"Senate Democrats on Wednesday voiced their opposition to a House amendment that would stop funding for the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts joined with Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon, Maria Cantwell of Washington, and Al Franken of Minnesota to write a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell that opposed using the appropriations process or the Congressional Review Act to keep the FCC from implementing its network neutrality rules." Click on the link below to read more.
created: 24 Feb 2011 by Lilach ::: updated: 24 Feb 2011
- Start proposed for 'Digital Rio Dell'
Rio Dell is known as the “warm-hearted city,†but soon it will also be the hottest wireless Internet location in Humboldt County, according to city officials.
created: 02 May 2007 by jreid ::: updated: 03 May 2007
- Stimulus funding to promote digital literacy in Humboldt County
"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.
created: 26 Aug 2010 by Lilach ::: updated: 26 Aug 2010
