CCTV Center for Media & Democracy has announced the following new hires and promotions to better support the evolving needs of the communities it serves:
- Emily Brewer, Development and Communications Coordinator — Before starting her newly created development and communications role earlier this year, Brewer launched and maintained a Tik Tok account for Town Meeting TV and assisted with CCTV and Town Meeting TV field productions during a semester-long internship through Champlain College. She’s now using her understanding of video and new media to repackage long form content and build relationships with new and existing audiences and stakeholders.
- Jordan Butterfield, Channel Coordinator — Hired as a part-time field producer in 2018, Butterfield is now the public’s first point of contact for scheduling municipal meetings, studio shows or requesting event coverage. He also oversees local election coverage, guides Town Meeting TV’s field production crew and coordinates logistics for CCTV Productions, the award-winning video production unit of CCTV Center for Media & Democracy.
- Kate Heppner, Field Producer — Currently in her final semester at Champlain College, Heppner says she wanted to work at Town Meeting TV because she believes that government transparency and unfiltered access to local politics are extremely important. She enjoys covering municipal meetings because she “loves doing video work ‘for the people.’” When she’s not behind the camera, she's working on other creative projects like painting and graphic design.
- Jordan Mitchell, Associate Producer and Digital Archivist — Mitchell began working with Town Meeting TV as an intern in 2019 and joined the staff shortly after graduating from the University of Vermont in 2021. In her current role, she reviews CCTV’s video archives to identify, digitize and preserve important historical programs, supports the organization’s outreach and training efforts and streams, records and postproduces municipal meetings and other events. In March, she took the lead on producing Town Meeting TV’s election results show.
- Alison Segar, Vermont Language Justice Program Coordinator — Two years ago, Segar helped launch a volunteer effort to create educational videos about COVID-19 in multiple languages. In 2021, the effort became the Vermont Language Justice Project. Now a program of CCTV, the justice project has produced 75 videos in 15 languages with more than 56,700 views.
- Travis Washington, Field Producer — Since graduating from Champlain College in 2020, Washington has been involved in social justice movements and activism, volunteering with mutual aid groups and interacting with local leaders and issues in Burlington. Being a field producer at Town Meeting TV provides him with another way to get involved in local government. He’s also using his skills and community connections to support Town Meeting TV’s new Neighborhood Internship Program, which helps students ages 16-20 learn media literacy, video production and other professional skills.