Media Section :: Page 11

• A nonprofit, Little Art lives on

  By Web AdminOctober 22, 2009

  Zack McGhee loves the Little Art Theatre. He first started coming here for the indie circuit as a teenager from Fairborn and then in 2006 became a projectionist to get paid for one of his favorite pastimes. He is proud to have brought his Republican parents here to see films such as Michael Moore’s Bowling […]

• Filmmakers strike a nerve with D.C. ‘Tea Party’ march video

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 24, 2009

  “We knew when we were putting it up that if it had a certain quality and speed, it might get attention,” Whiteside said.

• ‘Last Truck’ focuses on GM family

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 3, 2009

  The job of an automobile assembly line worker is to assemble one particular part over and over and over again on each vehicle that comes down the line, GM employee Kim Clay explains in the film. On the day the Moraine plant closed in December 2008, when the last truck came down the line, workers no longer had a job to do, he says — they no longer had a purpose. He felt it, others felt it. And Louis Carter, who applied the sticker with the last serial number on it, especially felt it.

• Ellis brings radio magic to WYSO

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 26, 2009

  

  During the recent spring fundraiser for WYSO Public Radio, new General Manager Neenah Ellis was frequently on the air. In broadcasting jargon, she was making a pitch for cash, but her presence didn’t seem that of a salesperson. Rather, she seemed to be a warm human being speaking deeply and directly to another.

• Local access cable station at risk

  By Susan GartnerFebruary 26, 2009

  Tune in to Yellow Springs’ public access television station and you might find a Village Council meeting, a Community Band performance or a local resident singing in the shower, viewed from the neck up, thanking the television audience for their patronage. (“Thank you, thank you very much. I’ll be here all week.”) At the same […]

• Web site profiles life in village by and for young families

  By Susan GartnerJanuary 8, 2009

  

  “When the Village Council convenes in the small space at the Bryan Center, most Yellow Springs families are busy fixing dinner, attending after-school functions and extracurricular activities, and bathing and putting their youth to bed.”

• Popular pick for WYSO

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 4, 2008

  The prayers of many WYSO supporters were answered this week when Antioch University hired long-time radio producer Neenah Ellis as general manager of its public radio station. Ellis replaces Paul Maassen, who left the station in March to be the general manager of a bigger public radio station in New Orleans.

• Soldier’s Afghan tour prompts NPR ‘This I Believe’ essay

  By Susan GartnerNovember 20, 2008

  

  National Public Radio’s popular media project, “This I Believe,” has inspired thousands of writers across the country (including 10 from Yellow Springs) to express and condense their thoughts into a personal essay, 500 words or less, then submit it for consideration to NPR’s selection committee.

• WYSO fate sparks concerns

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 24, 2008

  In recent weeks concerns have heightened among supporters of WYSO Public Radio that Antioch University intends to sell the radio station, and a statement by university leaders that they plan to keep the station has not been convincing, according to several radio activists.