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EcoTVNews
"The News Room Has Left The Building"
Welcome to EcoTVNews
A production company and distribution web site
for news on environmental issues.
Mission Statement
To gather, exhibit and distribute video news stories
on environmental topics.
The Need
Americans across a broad social, economic and political
spectrum, have confirmed their concern about a host
of environmental issues, and their need for reliable
information about those issues. Yet, in response to
these concerns, broadcast news programming, which remains
by far the predominant source of information for most
Americans, has provided steadily diminishing coverage
of environmental stories. Please see executive summary.(American
Communication Foundation Report)
The Content
The objective of EcoTVNews’s is to become to environmental
reporting what the best Weblogs have become to the Internet:
a reliable new source of information that cannot be
obtained from mainstream media. We believe that two
to five minute news stories are more accessable to today's
viewers and that environmental issues often need immediate
attention.
The Web Site
The web site provides three resources.
1. A global access point for alternative
environmental video news for users. With its interactive
features, this site will allow users and organizations
the opportunity to build social communities around the
story topics that concern them.
2. A distribution center and platform for video journalists
to showcase their work.The EcoTVNews center will take
the obligation to gather these stories into a series
and market them to cable and satellite TV operators,
traditional broadcast television stations and networks.
The independent station FreeSpeechtv.org has shown interest
in our news series. (Note: See the new internet video
distribution technology at omn.org)
3. A site location for the prodcution company, EcoTVNews.
We are located in the San Francisco Bay Area and our
goal will be to investigate and produce local stories
concerning the environment. For state, national and
international stories we will partner or contract with
other producers and production companies.
Networking
EcoTVNews is looking to network with other production
companies, independent journalists and environmental
organizations to build content for a news series.
*Video journalists and video producers around the world
can provide coverage of breaking environmental news
stories then can be quickly and inexpensively produced.
(Submission
Guidelines)
* Environmental organizations can provide background
and topic information. Without their help and support,
we cannot tell the story.
* Viewers are provided the ability to
get involved with the EcoTVNews television series if
they are inspired to do so. (Community)
Information vs. Advocacy
Our objective is to apply the highest professional standards
of broadcast journalism to all material presented by
EcoTVNews. We seek to present divergent viewpoints within
the environmental community, and to accurately and honestly
present differing ideas about the environmental issues
and challenges facing our world. EcoTVNews is about
information and community, not about political advocacy.
Beta
EcoTVNews.org is in beta mode. At this
time we are actively soliciting people in the television
business and the environmental community for their feedback.
This site is not ready for public viewing or
participation.
Please check the Our
Survey section
and feel free to send us email with questions and suggestions
that you might have to improve EcoTVNews. We welcome
your feedback and creative ideas. Thanks for your time
and participation.
Future Support
EcoTVNews is in the process of obtaining 501(c)3
non-profit, tax-exempt status. Once obtained, we will
seek grants to help us with start-up costs.
Richard Jett,
Founder/Project Director
For more information please contact us via e-mail or
phone. Thank you
EcoTVNews
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