Tools for Public Access TV

Amount: 
$ 380,000
Location: 
Denver, Colo.
Organization: 
Denver Open Media
Winner: 
Tony Shawcross
Bio: 
Tony Shawcross is the founder and executive director of Deproduction, a nonprofit media production organization. After graduating magna cum laude with a degree in marketing and business administration from the University of Colorado, he worked briefly in marketing and advertising for the IT industry before leaving to focus entirely on socially relevant film and video production, working with Little Voice Productions, the Colorado State House of Representatives, the Pan African Arts Society and Free Speech TV. Shawcross has presented more than 100 media education courses with Indymedia, Denver Open Media, the Alliance for Community Media, and at various conferences, schools and universities. He has produced hundreds of films and videos produced for local and national television, film festivals and community screenings.