Chicago Civic Media: 1994
1994 - 1996 Chicago Education Network (CENter). Developed many materials for and with CENter
CENter Information Packet contained the following:
The CENter Agenda and Hypothetical 1995 School Year Objectives
"What Might CENter TV Look Like in 1997??" A five page treatment for prime-time programing (5pm-11pm) cablecast on a channel dedicated to education and housed at Chicago Access Network (CAN-TV).
Sep 7 In "Hard Lessons from School Reform" Columnist Dennis Byrne introduces Chicago Educational Network (CENter) in the context of lessons learned from Chicago School Reform.
Eight CENter Press Clippings by Dennis Byrne, Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board, Art Norman, Channel t5 TV and Chicago Association of Black Journalists (CABJ), Chicago Tribune, Catalyst, Crains', Chicago Defender.
NewsCENter Syndicate of Chicago Community Papers with a circulation of 775,000 coverall all 77 Chicago neifghborhoods.
Map of neighborhoods covered by NewsCENter community paper coalition (excludes citywide student New Expressions)
March 1994 M.I.T. Professor of Linguistics Noam Chomsky endorses NewsCENTER and Chicago Civic Media at the end of his March 1994 speech at the University of Illinois, taken from the 3.23.1994 issue of Lumpen Magazine.