The Rev Mark Hughes, community producer at Town Meeting TV, Chittenden County's government access channel housed at CCTV, won a 2023 Hometown Media Award from the Foundation of the Alliance for Community Media for an episode of his monthly show, "The Juxtaposition."
The Hometown Media Awards celebrate excellence in community programming produced during the previous year. This year's awards were presented at ACM's annaul conference June 27-29 in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Hughes won in the Racial Justice and Civil Rights Programming — Independent Producer category for "The Juxtaposition" episode "Hiding Behind Objectivity," which featured Vincent Mitchell, director of student culture at the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, as a guest. Together, Hughes and Mitchell delved into the persistence of systemic racism and questioned the prevailing beliefs and actions surrounding racial justice in today's society.
“I'm proud to bring the Racial Justice and Civil Rights Programming — Independent Producer Award home to Vermont,” Hughes said. “These next-level discussions on systemic racism are an outgrowth of the work that we continue in eradicating systemic racism in Vermont.”