Timisha R. Dixon was an intern during the Summer 2007 session. A journalism and mass communication major, Timisha received her B.S. after her internship with QPTV. She is now the NY African American Community Examiner on the website Examiner.com.
Examiner.com is an online portal in 60 markets across the country providing local information on a variety of subjects. "Examiners" like Timisha connect visitors with local knowledge on specific topics. Upon visiting her page, you'll notice that she already has quite a few posts and discussions going on with site users. Congratulations Timisha!

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On October 10th 2008 the Friends of Woodhaven Library held its scheduled monthly meeting; Mr. Mel Berkowitz was presented with a certificate of appreciation for volunteering his time on September 20th, 2008. Mel gave a presentation on “What is public access television and how the community can become involved in public access television.” He also explained how one can become a certified access producer.

In an Election Night filled with historic "firsts" Queens Public Television provided Live Election coverage for the first time in its history. The landmark program was hosted by Victoria Schneps-Yunis publisher and editor of the Queens Courier. The program was fostered by QPTV's Board of Directors and brought to fruition by QPTV's Executive Director, Daniel Leone. Producer/Director John Collins assembled a team of professionals and volunteers and superbly coordinated and directed all aspects of the show.

Guests included former Borough President Claire Shulman, Rene Lobo former City Council Candidate, Debra Markell Candidate for Council, political commentator Michael Niebauer, Mark Weprin Candidate for the State Assembly and the Rev. Edwin C. Reed, Pastor of Morris Brown AME Church. Tom Long, Chairman of the Queens Conservative Party phoned in from the field as did Valerie Vazquez, Director of Communications for the NYC Board of Elections.

The program was well received by the community many of whom remarked that our production was very professional and rivaled that of network television.

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by James Faber

Why should anyone watch my show?
What is the message I'm trying to get across to viewers?
What am I trying to say about my program?

These are questions you should ask yourself when thinking about how to get more people to take a look at what you've worked so long and hard on.

I'm pretty certain you would like your audience to increase as much as possible. Whatever your reason or motivation might be, public access television allows you to have a voice that that has the potential to reach many. Unfortunately, reaching out to the masses doesn't happen by itself or overnight.

You must promote.

When Jae Harold arrived at QPTV to receive training in production, she was already a media professional. Early in her career Jae wrote a script for an animated film which garnered her an award form Met Life. In 2004 Jae received an award at the Woman of Color Film Festival. She’s worked for the Black Cartoon Channel and taught drama to junior high school students. She enjoys the creativity involved with being a producer: writing, producing, directing and editing. Notably, she produced the documentary Proxy of Abundance a film designed to help low income families locate healthy food in Corona, Queens.

In case you don’t already know me, my name is Bob Strahle, Operations Manager for QPTV’s Production Unit. I’ve been with QPTV since 1989. I’ve trained new Access Producers in every aspect of television production that QPTV offers, including studio production, field production, lighting for television and editing. At the present time, I’m mostly involved in training and development of non-linear editing systems for QPTV. I’ll be writing an article for QPTV’s newsletter from time to time, and I’ll try to give you a few tips and maybe an opinion or two. I hope you’ll find them helpful.

QUEENS BY THE NUMBERS: A guide to the Borough by zip codes Cliff JacobsTHE 11356 Whenever I find myself in College Point, I get a wonderful feeling of nostalgia. It seems like it was not long ago that horse and buggy were the means of transportation on these cobblestone byways. There’s something “Old World” about College Point, a community located just North of Flushing Bay and bounded by Willets Point Boulevard, Flushing and Whitestone. Early on College Point was settled by Irish and German immigrants. The neighborhood itself was named after St. Paul’s College, a seminary that was founded in 1835 by the Reverend Augustus Muhlenberg. Although the college was closed fifteen years later, the name remained and the area was forever known as College Point.

BACK IT UP! Bob Strahle, Operations Manager QPTV’s Production Unit