Showing posts with label Local Town Pages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Local Town Pages. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

“The path back to trust is going to happen at the local level”

"At a time when public trust in every major institution except local public libraries is below 50%, local television news has some advantages that other forms of media lack.

That was the message from Seth Geiger, president and co-founder of SmithGeiger Group, a consulting firm that works with media organizations. Geiger spoke Friday at “Reinvent: A Video Innovation Summit” at Northeastern University.

According to survey data that Geiger presented, local television news is trusted by about 41% of the public — lower than in previous years, but far ahead of the 29% who say they trust national television news. Ironically, he added that social media is the most used platform for news even though it is the least trusted.

“The path back to trust is going to happen at the local level”
“The path back to trust is going to happen at the local level”
“Usually if you don’t trust something, you don’t use it. But that’s not how this functions. That may feel like a woe-the-republic moment for you,” he said, observing that social media is the top go-to for news among every age group except those between 55 and 64. (Presumably that would hold true for those older than 64 as well, but that demographic was not included in his charts.)"
Continue reading the article online -> 

You can find the survey presentation -> https://www.rtdna.org/news/rtdna-publishes-study-on-trust-in-local-news-elections-coverage

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Public, Education, Government (PEG) TV: Relic Of The Past?? Think Again. It’s The Key To Our Future

"An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people!"
– Thomas Jefferson

An informed electorate looks beyond the bias of media pundits or gaslighting polemicists who promote THEIR views, THEIR opinions, THEIR agendas.  We are best served when we can assess objective facts and issues with OUR OWN EYES and think for ourselves.  Every vote, every issue, every vital decision impacting life in our community is brought forward for open consideration by the folks at Franklin.TV, Franklin Public Radio (102.9 wfpr.fm) and Franklin Matters; the “Franklin Citizen Media Center”.  

At every Town Council, School Committee, Finance Committee, Conservation Committee, Planning Board meeting, Master Plan meeting (etc.) Franklin TV is there. Steve Sherlock, Community Information Director (Volunteer), attends a great many key town meetings, and reports on the votes and discussion items through Franklin Matters and www.Franklin.News.  It’s democracy at its best!

Relic of the past???? 
  
Think again!!

If that’s not enough, consider how Franklin TV forges bonds of social connection by bringing us important civic events that define us a community (The Memorial Day parade, FHS and Tri County Graduations, The Harvest Festival, Concerts on the Common, Franklin Pride, Strawberry Stroll, PorchFest, just to name a few.)  
Relic???  

How about live-streaming of Franklin High School varsity sports?  Parents, family members, residents who cherish competition, sportsmanship, grit and the sheer joy of watching young people representing their school and community can watch from their living rooms.  That relic – Franklin.TV brings it all into our homes!  How about FHS theatre productions, orchestra, band and chorus programs…  Yes, it’s true.  It’s that relic that brings us the beauty of music, and the arts, and showcases the incredible talents of our young people.  

And now as more and more people cut the cord, and the fees collected from Comcast and Verizon customers decrease, the funding from Comcast and Verizon that supports our local PEG channels is also decreasing.

As our Massachusetts state legislators consider supporting more funding, there are some who promise to vote NO, claiming cable tv is a relic of the past!  How sad.  As other state legislatures across the country enact laws to support local public media and programming, we hope that our legislature will think about what Jefferson said and why more than ever we need all that our Franklin Citizen Media Center brings to its residents.
   
Franklin TV, Franklin Public Radio, and Franklin Matters are working together to advance the greater good, bringing us together as a community so that our focus is not on what divides us, but what brings us together.

* Watch: the standard PEG channels or our three PEG YouTube Channels.
* Listen: Stream Franklin Public Radio anywhere, anytime online at wfpr.fm, 
   or tune in to our local Franklin public radio station wfpr on 102.9 FM.
* Read: Franklin Matters to find the daily TV, Radio, and community event schedule along with the news that matters published to the internet, a daily newsletter, and then to key social media channels.
   
Find all that matters at:  www.franklin.news

From the Board of Directors at the Franklin Community Cable Access, Inc



Public, Education, Government (PEG) TV:  Relic Of The Past?? Think Again.  It’s The Key To Our Future
Public, Education, Government (PEG) TV:  Relic Of The Past?? Think Again.  It’s The Key To Our Future


Saturday, August 6, 2022

Local Town Pages - Franklin: "FHS Nine Learned Valuable Life Lessons in Tourney"

"Losing in a state tourney final game is never easy and to lose in a baseball playoff final by a 2-1 score can be emotional and painful. 

The late Vince Lombardi, who coached the Green Bay Packers to triumphs in the first two Super Bowls, not only put a high priority on winning, but he went so far to say: “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.’’ At the professional level, that’s a very acceptable quote. 
Zach Brown, Franklin High’s baseball coach for the last eight years, regards winning as important, but he puts his team’s 2-1 loss to Taunton in the state final last month in perspective — a real life perspective.

“It’s not always about winning trophies that collect dust,’’ Brown emphasized. “It’s about building relationships, enjoying the camaraderie of the locker room and embracing the journey that, win or lose, ends with emotions.’’
Continue reading the article in the monthly paper delivered to households (page 23) or online  https://www.franklintownnews.com/2022/07/28/407055/fhs-nine-learned-valuable-life-lessons-in-tourney

Local Town Pages - Franklin: "FHS Nine Learned Valuable Life Lessons in Tourney"
Local Town Pages - Franklin: "FHS Nine Learned Valuable Life Lessons in Tourney"