CCTV: ‘Become a Community Journalist’ course will be offered on Thursdays throughout October
Cambridge Community Television and Cambridge Day will offer an in-person course called “Become a Community Journalist” over four hourlong sessions in October.
Once editor of The Alewife in North Cambridge, McCabe is at OAN, site promising it is ‘credible’
One America News Network, a source for information considered far to the right of Fox News, has a new political reporter: Neil McCabe, who once ran The Alewife weekly in North Cambridge and edited The Somerville News.
The Cambridge Chronicle posting no local news; Next step unknown for giant, debt-riddled owner
The lack of recent local news in the Cambridge Chronicle was explained Wednesday: The legacy paper’s sole staffer left to work at an independent site on the North Shore.
‘Greater Boston’ podcast heads into final seasons crowdfunding to serve and reflect its community
The “Greater Boston” audio drama podcast has built up a big audience over three seasons, helping it crowdfund its way from new professional necessities into stretch goals.
Cambridge’s Siân Heder won big on Sunday, taking home an Oscar for her uplifting ‘Coda’
The Best Picture winner at the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday was “Coda,” which also took home statues for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Troy Kotsur – and the director and writer of that screenplay was Cambridge Rindge and Latin grad Siân Heder.
Transition at the city’s corporate-owned weekly inspires exchange about support for local media (corrected)
The Cambridge Chronicle has a new editor and reporter, a transition that sparked discussion about the weekly paper’s long-term role in the community after the previous editor urged residents to support local journalism by subscribing.
Cambridge Chronicle editor Saltzman has left, with officials calling lack of staff ‘unacceptable’
City councillors paid tribute Monday to Amy Saltzman, as of Friday the ex-editor of the Cambridge Chronicle, and expressed sorrow that corporate ownership of the paper had hollowed out the weekly paper’s staff over the years.
CCTV’s ‘Who Knows Cambridge?’ comes back with contestants who really know their stuff
The city trivia game show “Who Knows Cambridge?” was brought back Wednesday by Cambridge Community Television for an open-air Starlight Square edition, this time with Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui as host.
Fleischmann to get CCTV award at April 21 event
Susan Fleischmann, former executive director of Cambridge Community Television, has been selected to get its 2021 Sakey Award for “outstanding contributions to development of access to the media in Cambridge” at CCTV’s annual meeting April 21.
‘Defining Leadership’ Web series starts April 21, with Kaba exploring artists for Boston Compass
The Boston Compass newspaper, launched a little over a decade ago as a one-page zine, is now an eight-page paper with newsrack boxes across Boston – and expands again this month with the launch of its first Web series. Cambridge’s Pauline Kaba is the host.
