1 00:00:15,28 --> 00:00:18,96 Community Media means that anyone in the community can come and have 2 00:00:18,100 --> 00:00:24,69 a place to express themselves freely and being able to create something together I 3 00:00:24,70 --> 00:00:30,07 think the media is naturally collaborative no matter what your background is you 4 00:00:30,08 --> 00:00:36,30 can learn how to create your own story stories that we don't see on evening news 5 00:00:36,97 --> 00:00:43,07 stories that too often are relegated to sort of the margins of the conversation 6 00:00:43,52 --> 00:00:50,04 media and content that's not curated for financial gain it way of organizing 7 00:00:50,05 --> 00:00:52,44 around amplifying voices 8 00:00:52,48 --> 00:00:57,84 a way for me to express myself everybody should feel comfortable expressing 9 00:00:57,85 --> 00:01:00,100 themselves in their media and being able to talk about topics that they care about 10 00:01:01,01 --> 00:01:06,53 a lot without being shamed for it or judged for the media means to me an 11 00:01:06,73 --> 00:01:12,94 opportunity that's important for individuals because these are people who might not 12 00:01:13,13 --> 00:01:19,45 have the opportunity to have their voices heard through the media allows them. I 13 00:01:19,46 --> 00:01:22,92 think it means that we have media as 14 00:01:22,93 --> 00:01:28,13 a tool to be able to participate in society in all kind of remind me whether it's 15 00:01:28,19 --> 00:01:34,91 through media on the internet or if it's just making videos taking photos community 16 00:01:34,92 --> 00:01:40,28 media means so much to me it is how I came into my career. 17 00:01:42,28 --> 00:01:47,44 Through St Paul neighborhood network fresh out of college I really enjoyed getting 18 00:01:47,45 --> 00:01:53,87 involved with learning how to run the cameras producing programs hosting that's 19 00:01:53,88 --> 00:01:59,56 lots of fun making great connections with people who you might not otherwise have 20 00:01:59,81 --> 00:02:00,81 made connections West.