FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com AUGUST 11, 2016 • THE QUEENS COURIER 17 As a Community Access Center we are very supportive of our community producers. The multitude of events that take place in our community are far too extensive for our volunteer producers to cover. Realizing this, QPTV has never hesitated to venture into the community to bring these complex programs and events to our viewers. We are especially proud of the International Visitor Leadership Program. Since 2011, QPTV has been hosting visiting journalists under the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program. Journalists from Russia, Thailand, Armenia, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, South Korea, Syria and Francophone Africa have visited our facilities. The foreign media professionals visiting QPTV are interested in citizen journalism and seek to establish community media in their country of origin. With each visit of journalists from foreign nations we are constantly reminded of the importance and need for independent media, especially in those countries where citizens are struggling against oppressive regimes. In 2014 alone, 15 journalists and 14 blogger/journalists were murdered. There is no greater threat to oppression, perhaps, than a free and unfettered press. QPTV is proud to be a model for citizen journalists around the world. QPTV Staff & Board of Directors President/CEO: Daniel J. Leone Production & Community Development: QPTV: Over 33 Years of Excellence In 1982, Queens Public Television made its entrance on the stage of community television. Since that time we have trained thousands of residents and cablecast over 100,000 programs. QPTV has established itself as the media hub of Queens and the venue for the voice of the people. Our training programs, taught by media professionals, rival media classes that are taught on college campuses. QPTV’s hands-on approach to training has become a sought after experience. QPTV continues to train residents in the Borough of Queens how to produce and direct their own television programs. Queens, New York is the most diverse community in the world where over two hundred languages and dialects are spoken. Virtually every culture, religion, political point of view or opinion can be found not only in this community but also on our four channels. QPTV is democracy in action and we are committed to assisting everyone in this community to exercise their First Amendment right to free expression. Although we only represent the “P” in P.E.G. Access, in 1992 we helped to launch CROSSWALKS, now known as NYCTV, the government access channels of New York City. In that same year we presented live-coverage of the Democratic National Convention, proving once again that community television is a viable alternative to mainstream commercial media. Queens Public Television Community television offers the opportunity for every individual to participate in the highest form of free expression that is protected by our First Amendment. QPTV is an electronic bridge between diverse communities. Public access television is not just a local reality: From Australia to Brazil and from Sweden to South Korea, community television is a global reality and QPTV is proud to have been a part of that reality for over 30 years. The Overall Excellence reel illustrates how QPTV programming addresses our community’s needs. The reel includes: 1. QPTV Presents: Around Queens Costal Classroom 2. QPTV Presents: Culture Express Episode 2: Rev. Joseph Palackal Aramaic the Language of Christ 3: QPTV Presents: Power Women of Queens Episode 2: Claire Shulman & Julissa Ferreras 4: QPTV Presents: Queens Borough President Melinda Katz PSA 5: QPTV Presents: Queens Centers for Progress – Making a Difference 6: QPTV Presents: Basketball Hostos CC Caimans vs Queensborough CC Tigers 7: QPTV Presents: LGBT Network PSA 8: QPTV Presents: Health Corner Update: Regenerative Medicine Stem Cell 9. QPTV Presents: NYC Votes 2015 Video Voter Guide for Council District 23 10: QPTV Presents: Stop the Bullying PSA 11: Power Women in Queens Episode 1: Victoria Schneps and Susan Agin 12: QPTV Presents: Center for the Women of New York – Violence Against Women 13: Around Queens with Luchia Dragosh: Eclectic Encore Props 14: Queens Perspectives: Long Island City YMCA Block Party 15. QPTV Presents: News Desk: A Final Salute to Detective Brian Moore 16. QPTV Presents: Roaring Twenties with SHAREing & CAREing Roslyn Nieves; Robert Strahle; Madeline Johnson; Lou Gasparro; Christina Gary; Luchia Dragosh; Eddy Duran; Katie Wozniak; John Collins; Bryan Chan; Melania Sandoval; Steve Carbo; John Collins Jr.; Corey Damsker; Ravi Hosein; Kevin Malone; Joseph Masi; Casey Williams; Joseph DelSenno, ; and Wayguard Wong Programming & Access Services: Clifford Jacobs; Steven Williams; Rene Valdivia; Mario Paredes Antonio Collado; Omar Flores; Domenica Aliberti; John Leinung; John Crow; Robert Cinfo; Pedro Castano; Rubyn Turner; Paulo Paguntalan; Kameiko Jenkins; Alexian Gardner; Stan Mauceri; Jim Oderwald; and Chris Dell’Anno Engineering/Information Technology/TV: James Faber; Vidya Boodram; and William Zowak; Executive Administration: Donna DeSantis Business, Financial and Employee Services: Tonimarie Kirkos; Marguerite Rosmarin-Verrone; Gloria Barnes; Maria Palomo; Nick Kirkos; Ann Sullivan; Jonathan Brown, and Lisa Gabberty-Rizzo Board of Directors Patrick J. DiMotta, Chairman; Nayibe Berger; Sandra Delson; Stuart Domber; John B. Haney; Alfred Harris; Henry Kee; Joan Serrano-Laufer; and Ruth Schlossman; Honorary Directors: Joel A. Miele, Sr., Director Laureate; and William L. Jefferson, Director Emeritus The Most Diverse Television for the Most Diverse Place on Earth
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