If you're seeing my #publicDomain work, or seeing #NETV #NewEllijayTelevision for the first time, or even if you're already familiar with what we do and the ideas behind #communityMedia let me take this moment to make a small pitch:

New Ellijay Television needs advertisers to keep it going. Let me advertise your art project, indie website, small business, album, or other thing.

We'll stick you up on the Sponsor section of NewEllijay.News and run your 30 second spot at least 4x a day on our live stream and our cable network.

If you're not making much/any money on the thing you make, but you just want to get the word out, I'll run the ad for free.

If you're making money on the thing, and you want to get the word out to make more money, our packages for fedifolks start at $50/month.

Let's talk.

ICYMI: SUZI GASTREIN – Akaku Studios https://mauineutralzone.com/video/suzi-gastrein-akaku-studios/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #SuziGastrein #AkakuStudios #CommunityMedia #YouTubeChannel #LikeCommentShare

SUZI GASTREIN – Akaku Studios https://mauineutralzone.com/video/suzi-gastrein-akaku-studios/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #SuziGastrein #AkakuStudios #CommunityMedia #MediaProduction #SupportLocal

150-year-old newspaper with 95yo editor gets new owner
By Rebekah Lowe

The Buloke Times, the "heartbeat of the community", has a new owner after being in one family's hands for more than a century.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-24/donald-the-buloke-times-newspaper-150-years-new-owner/106158054

#CommunityMedia #RebekahLowe

Sundog mentioned a moment ago that the AJC is going to stop it's print publication.

https://retro.social/@djsundog@fedi.reclaim.technology/115600041119909279

And this started me back down the alternative newswire rabbit hole that I've been circling as I think about the future of #NewEllijayTelevision and what #communityMedia needs to become in order to meet this moment.

We have the infrastructure to reboot something like the Underground Press Syndicate ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Press_Syndicate .)

It would be easier and cheaper and more valuable today than it was in the 60s and 70s. We could have a digital and print distribution that actually spans the globe.

We could enable local news and media organizations to expand their reach well beyond their current limitations, and I'm positive that there is a way to make it self sustaining, and even profitable (What that way is, I don't know! I'm just certain that there must be one.)

Closure of local paper signals end of independent print media in Goldfields
By Katrina Tap

In a region that once boasted more than 60 newspapers, the Esperance Weekender is the last independent to shut its doors.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-15/esperance-weekender-final-edition-regional-media-diversity/106003060

#CommunityMedia #PrintMedia #RegionalCommunities #KatrinaTap

https://georgefeola.io/how-media-sellers-win-big-with-heartfelt-matching-radiothons/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=heartfelt_matching_radiothons_2025 #MediaSales #Radiothon #YearEndGiving #CommunityMedia #NonprofitSupport #marketing

The lasting impacts of tragedy on small-town newsrooms
By Jen McCutcheon and Kim Goldsmith

When tragedy strikes in small communities, the news doesn't fade when the cameras leave. It lingers in the streets, in the schools, in the quiet corners of local shops.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-02/impacts-of-tragedy-on-small-town-newsrooms/105952022

#Grief #MediaIndustry #Media #CommunityMedia #JenMcCutcheon #KimGoldsmith

Heute bei der Zukunftswerkstatt Community Media des BFR in Chemnitz das Panel "Gibt es die perfekte Alleskönner-Mediathek? BFR & BVBM" Vorstellung unserer Peertube Mediathek der Bürgermedien für Sachsen-Anhalt sowie tolle Austauschrunde zu den bestehenden Mediatheken, zu Projekten im Prozess, Bedürfnissen und Schnittstellen:
https://www.community-media.net/mediatheken/
#bfr #communitymedia #bvbm #foss #peertube #dsee #ZWCM2025

Who's going to make Breaking Good?

The story of a white American Republican dad that works hard his whole life, only to be exposed to asbestos at his mine job, and get a terminal diagnosis.

But instead of making meth, he starts taking out oligarchs.

Who's going to make that?

#CommunityMedia #DIYTV #ResINT #Oligarchs #BreakingGood #USPol #TTJ

Blood on the grass: Forgotten final that exposed football's racial fault lines
By Daniel Miles

The Purnim Bears were supposed to be the feel-good story of country football — a team uniting black and white communities. But their 1987 grand final was so violent it ended with their expulsion.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-24/violence-racism-of-80s-country-victoria-football-grand-final/105741080

#Racism #CommunityOrganisations #CommunityMedia #Aboriginal #DanielMiles

Anyway, all of that is to say: The fact that Paramount controls what can and can't be #starTrek is why we need #communityMedia

and it's why I started working on #JupitersGhost

No one can tell you what to do with the #SolarFederation, not even me!

Well, that's not entirely true. I can tell you one thing: whatever you do with the #JG universe you have to give back to the JG universe ( #CCBYSA)

But, if you find yourself looking for a place to tell space stories, and you want to settle in to an existing universe rather than writing your own, take a look at https://intergalactic.computer/social

It's against this landscape of #enshittificaton and scrounging for the last half acre ( https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/83McEYqJpCqn1UmWXqGWq2 ) that I am building our #CommunityMedia projects, and attempting to imbue them with #revolutionaryJoy

We make toys of our own original characters, most of which are cc-by-sa, or of public domain characters. We help other people make their own toys. (And we do it with direct recycled plastics and soon with biodegradable plastics.)

We make television programs (like the one I linked above) and podcasts to tell stories that are otherwise missing from the airwaves or to celebrate our community or just because we want to. We help other people make and distribute their own television.

We make video games and publish comic books and just generally try to provide an alternative to all the various kinds of media that are currently produced by four or five companies who would gladly see this nation fall to fascism if it meant making a buck.

I love the toy work I'm doing right now, and it seems pretty likely that it's going to pay my bills (and the bills for several other members of our community) for a while.

People like what we're doing, and we're in demand. We're meeting with clients tonight. We're meeting with clients on Saturday. We're emailing clients every twenty minutes.

It's good! And it is absolutely part of the same #CommunityMedia movement that led me to create #NETV.

But it's only *part* of the #communityMedia thing. We need the media. I need to figure out a way to make the production and distribution of independent media financially viable in small batches.

As IP radio overtakes AM/FM, are we ready for a world where audio isn’t bound by spectrum? What does this shift mean for public interest media, sustainability, and local voices? We explore the new era of radio—and why policy needs to catch up. #CommunityMedia #IPRadio

https://decentered.co.uk/radio-without-borders-the-rise-of-ip-based-listening-and-what-it-means-for-public-interest-media/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

"This is the blueprint for a revolution in the creation and distribution of media. We will discuss how and why to produce your own television using free tools, and explore how to use Community Television as an instrument for social change.

This text is divided in to three sections: A manual, a meta-manual, and a look back. These can be consumed in any order."

@ajroach42, 2023

https://communitymedia.network/

#CommunityMedia #IndependentMedia #DIYMedia #DIY #VideoProduction

How can community radio balance freedom of speech with editorial responsibility? New guidance from the OfS and long-standing Ofcom rules offer different approaches—what can community producers learn from both? #FreeSpeech #CommunityMedia #EditorialIntegrity

https://decentered.co.uk/free-speech-community-radio-and-editorial-responsibility-a-balancing-act/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

How can community media be recognised as essential to social cohesion, environmental stewardship, and sustainable communities? Join the discussion this Thursday at 4pm as we explore how to evaluate its impact #CommunityMedia #CivicEngagement https://www.patreon.com/c/decenteredmedia

How does podcasting create space for deeper self-expression and collective dialogue? Can the act of speaking and listening shape personal insight and community engagement in ways other media can't? Explore the transformative potential of voice and sound. #CommunityMedia

https://decentered.co.uk/expanding-and-developing-the-transformative-potential-of-podcasting/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

How can local communities shape their own future without independent, trusted media to amplify their voices? The *Plan for Neighbourhoods* invests in regeneration, but should it also recognise community media as essential for accountability and engagement? #CommunityMedia

https://decentred.co.uk/welcoming-the-plan-for-neighbourhoods-the-missing-role-of-community-media/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social