Paul D. Berg

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  www.masslive.com/news/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-8 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/16/2007    Last Visited: 3/16/2007  

  Paul D. Berg, a member of the board of directors of MassACCESS, a grassroots affiliate of the Alliance for Community Media, said public access channels give the average citizen a modern-day soapbox - serving in the same capacity as the quintessential crate box posted on street corners where folks discussed community issues.
  
  Public access channels, which air programming produced solely by the public and local community, foster the public's right to exercise their freedom of speech and expression and affirm the principles of open government, Berg said.
  
  Berg cites the 2002 case of Demarest vs.
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  He said (Demarest) was much like a bona fide news gatherer," granting her and other access channel producers the same privileges extended to the press, said Berg, who also serves as executive director of Newton Communications Access Center.

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  www.alliancecm.org/org_members.php?region=4 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/8/2007    Last Visited: 3/8/2007  

  Paul Bergphone: (617) 965-7200fax: (617) 965-5677

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  www.workingfilms.org/bostonglobe.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/25/2005    Last Visited: 9/8/2007  

  Paul Berg, executive director of Newton Communications Access Center Inc., which runs NewTV, said he has noticed several such issue-oriented film efforts.The channel also ran a presentation with photos on concerns about construction at Newton North High School.It was not quite a full-blown documentary, but with photos, charts, and a voiceover, it was close, said Berg.
  
  "I think there's a general trend of activists and social service organizations and educational organizations using public access TV specifically, and also media in general, to get their points across," said Berg.

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  www.massaccess.org/Board.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/15/2007    Last Visited: 9/15/2007  

  Paul Bergpaulb@newtv.orgNEWTV23 Needham Street,Newton Highlands MA 02461(617) 965-7200
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  Public Policy: Chair, Keith Thibault - members, Paul Berg, Mark Linde
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  Conference: Chair, Kim Miot - members, Nancy Richard, Terry Duenas, George Manfra, Paul Berg
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  Meet and Greet Chair: Amy Palmerino - members, Paul Berg
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  Scholarship Subcommittee: (ad hoc) Chair, Nancy Richard - members, Terry Duenas, Keith Thibault, Paul Berg

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  www.townonline.com/newton/homepage/x1125505261 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/29/2007    Last Visited: 7/29/2007  

  NewTV Executive Director Paul Berg said the decision to remove the segment was made by the station.However, he also said City Hall has the right to control what is seen on the Government Channel, one of three stations operated by NewTV.
  
  "The Government Channel is the mayor's channel," Berg said.
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  Berg said such a policy is standard on cable access stations.
  
  "To be shocked by this is like being shocked by sliced bread," Berg said.
  
  Like newspapers often have a page dedicated as "the mayor's corner" or "the superintendent's notes," the government channel is intended for the use of the city government - to be edited as the government (in which case, the mayor) pleases, Berg maintained.
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  In addition to the mayor's right to edit, NewTV takes liberty to edit the press conferences, Berg said.The content that viewers are watching is not precisely what takes place at the event.
  
  "We edit for the purpose of length," Berg said."We will take out the parts of the press conference that give no information, but we do not cut out anything substantial."
  
  NewTV chose to exercise such editing privileges following the mayor's June 18 press conference, Berg said.
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  The government access coordinator for NewTV felt the segment was "not newsworthy" and "not a substantial part of the press conference,", according to Berg.
  
  The decision was made before Berg viewed the three-minute segment that was removed.
  
  After TAB editors asked to watch the segment in question with Berg, NewTV News Director Jenn Adams decided that the edited portion should be shown in its entirety on the station's weekly newscast, and Berg agreed.After TAB editors asked to watch the segment in question with Berg, NewTV News Director Jenn Adams decided that the edited portion should be shown in its entirety on the station's weekly newscast, and Berg agreed.

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  www.townonline.com/multimedia/x1363701158 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/23/2007    Last Visited: 7/29/2007  

  NewTV Executive Director Paul Berg said the decision to remove the segment was made by the station.However, he also said City Hall has the right to control what is seen on the Government Channel, one of three stations operated by NewTV.
  
  But Berg stressed that Cohen has never requested that any portion of his press conference be edited.

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  2004 ACMNE Regional Video Festival/Conference - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/1/2004    Last Visited: 9/10/2007  

  Marriott: Copyright and Creative Commons (Paul Berg)
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  Facilitator: Paul Berg, Execuitve Director, NEW-TV, Newton, MA, Board Member, Alliance for Community Media

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  ACMNE - Spring 2001 Conf. Troy, New York - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/1/2001    Last Visited: 9/10/2007  

  Facilitator: Paul Berg, NewTV, Newton, MA and Rika Welsh, Community Media Visioning Partners

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  Arab news program sparks outcry - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/20/2004    Last Visited: 1/23/2004  

  According to NewTV Executive Director Paul Berg, the station has already received two other requests to air satellite programming.
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  Berg said the station's lawyers advised against this, because it could result in First Amendment issues for the station.
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  And though some residents criticized the board's content-neutral stance, saying NewTV was behaving irresponsibly, Berg said that controlling content "is not our mission."
  
  While Berg and other board members didn't express any sentiments toward the content of "Mosaic" at the meeting, they all agreed that this could be an opportunity for the station to expand its programming and its role in the community, suggesting that people opposed to "Mosaic" produce their own show to discuss the program's content.
  
  Berg quoted former Supreme Court Justice William Brandeis, who said in his landmark 1927 ruling on Whitney v. California that, "To avert the evil by process of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not forced silence."
  
  Bunnie Riedel, executive director for the Alliance for Community Media in Washington, D.C., says that NewTV's policies are no different than other community access channels, but the important thing for people to remember is that the community is invited to provide counterpoint.
  
  And she said about 70 percent of cable access channels in the U.S. allow outside programming.

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  Boston Globe Online / Living | Arts / Small-town case... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/22/2001    Last Visited: 5/16/2006  

  Paul Berg, chairman of the state chapter of the Alliance for Community Media, takes a more mixed view of the matter.While he says it would be wrong to allow local producers to film or interview private citizens without their permission, Ponsor's ruling "is a victory for First Amendment protection of public access."

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