Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
Connecticut natives closing the achievement gap
Jessie Sawyer
Photo:Jessie Sawyer
Updated: Aug 4, 2011
Jessie Sawyer discovered her desire to be a journalist "back in elementary school," thanks to creative projects and encouraging teachers. Farmington Public Schools continued to nurture her aspiration, and as a student at Farmington High School she even interviewed a former Bachelorette contestant... read more
Names You Know, Stories You Don't
Updated: Apr 30, 2012
This (I)NTERVIEW is from February 29th, 2012
What first attracted me to Interview Wendy, was her peace work. Many artists SAY that they're peac... read more
Updated: Mar 24, 2012
Steve has been creating compelling and memorable advertising for over 30 years for national brands such as Amica Insurance, Benihana, Konica Minolt... read more
Updated: Jan 10, 2012
Tommy Simpson agreed to be interviewed for our MLAB101 series on October 11th, 2011. He came to the interview with an ample portfolio, and a... read more
Updated: Jan 9, 2012
Susan Talbott agreed to be interviewed for our MLAB101 series on August 22nd, 2011. She came to the interview with an extensive resume, and a... read more
Updated: Dec 15, 2011
This (I)NTERVIEW is from July 14, 2011.
Simon Konover is the founder of The Simon Konover Company and serves as the company’s Chairman. Immigra... read more
Updated: Dec 6, 2011
This (I)NTERVIEW is from October 11, 2011.
Over the last thirty years, Nancy Tafuri, author and illustrator of children’s books, has authored m... read more
WBD Series
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WBD Radio
Photo:Kristen Korzenowski
Photo:Kristen Korzenowski
Updated: May 20, 2011
WBD: Episode 8
Sad face, here is the last show of WBD with the interns. Randomly jumping from topic to topic kept the show upbeat and everyone on their toes... read more
WBD on Keyboard
Wired But Disconnected Photo:Kristen Korzenowski
Photo:Kristen Korzenowski
Updated: May 15, 2011
WBD: Ep. 7
Episode 7 opens up with a casual conversation about nicknames... We all have them. Some are more embarrassing than others. We switch the conversation to movies (our... read more
Tilt shift
Mt. Monadnock people on mountain
Photo:CPBN Media Lab
Photo:CPBN Media Lab
Updated: May 17, 2011
If you have been watching Sherlock Holmes on CPTV4U, you have seen the tilt-shift effect, which makes real images look like scale models. Although there are lenses that capture live moving images (like the title sequence in Sherlock Holmes) where the depth of field is changed to appear unnaturall... read more
Connecticut Treasure Hunt
Diane Soderstrom
Photo:CPBN Media Lab
Photo:CPBN Media Lab
Updated: May 17, 2011
This year CPTV's Connecticut Treasure Hunt was held at Mohegan Sun on November 7, 2010. It is the second annual appraisal fair. People brought in all different kinds of items. They rang... read more
Peter Kelly's extraordinary life
Peter Kelly
Photo:Ed Valtman
Photo:Ed Valtman
Updated: Nov 3, 2010
The accolades for Peter Kelly come from both sides of the aisle, "He is an extremely loyal friend, somebody you can always rely on," commented former Vice President Al Gore. CNN's Mary Ma... read more
Express yourself
J-Lin Graphic by Noelia Ortiz
Photo:Chrishmt423 from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Chrishmt423 from Wikimedia Commons
Updated: Mar 30, 2012
The phenomena that is Jeremy Lin provides an opportunity for the Media Lab to display our design chops. Check out Noelia Ortiz's and Kevin Marshall's creations and stock up on J-Lin gear... read more
Brian Johnson
Photo:CPBN Media Lab
Photo:CPBN Media Lab
Updated: Feb 8, 2012
Hello,
My name is Brian Johnson and I’m a 23 year old senior from Central Connecticut State University. I’m also an intern at the CPBN Media Lab, and I write monthly film reviews fo... read more
Flickr Creative Commons, coofdy
Photo:Flickr Creative Commons, coofdy
Updated: Feb 25, 2012
Wildlife has clearly run amok in Connecticut, with talk of organizing the first bear hunts since 1840, sightings of cougars/ mountain lions- with one killed on the Merritt parkway and moo... read more
Child Soldier: Created by Lauren Dimberg
Updated: Jan 12, 2012
Ever since I was a young girl I had loved art and I was always immersed in some project which, to my mother’s dismay, left my clothes stained with paint or my room carpet singed from hot... read more
Extra, Extra
Orson Welles as Citizen Kane
Photo:commons.wikimedia.org
Photo:commons.wikimedia.org
Updated: Mar 7, 2011
So, I was checking out a new website called paper.li It is a place that magically turns your Twitter or Facebook pages into a newpaper, your newspaper, or in this case, our newspaper, Th... read more
Land spreading out so far and wide!
Updated: Oct 20, 2011
A few years ago when my family became members at Holcomb Farm we discovered a new vocabulary of vegetables: rutabaga, kohlrabi, swiss chard. Each... read more
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Updated: May 15, 2011
Location: The setting that Mohawk State Forest offers is so serene and untouched that it's hard to believe it's located right off of Route 4. Accor... read more