As I round the corner on my first month as Director of Portland Media Center, I want to shine a light on some of the energy buzzing around here.
On my second week on the job, Governor Mills dropped by to do a live take with Morning Joe (see associated article with picture). Thanks to a preexisting bit of tech wizardry — our ASI-SPL Videolink system — we can connect to anyone in the world who’s using the same setup. That interview with the Governor? Watched around the globe, and it all happened right here at Portland Media Center. Later that week we did a live hit with Dustin Delano on Fox News, talking Maine fisheries. Right here, from our modest Media Center, we can reach the world.
Curious? Come check it out. It might not look high-tech at first glance — but that’s the magic of potential. You’ve got to imagine it. Once you do, you realize what’s possible at Portland Media Center.
We also welcomed a few city council members to talk about ideas and collaborations. Trained a handful of high school students on how to use our gear — and one of them’s already scheming up his own show. That’s what this place is all about: creativity in motion, the PMC incubator on display.
We produced another podcast for Agapé Inc.’s Conversations in Compassion series — this one called Finding Your Way Out. You can find it wherever you get your podcasts.
And we pulled the whisper booth out from the bowels of the studio and gave it a proper spotlight. It’s a soundproof space for voice overs, audiobooks — or just some much-needed quiet. Come by, take a breath.
Better yet — come say hi. Let’s make something great, together.
Looking forward.
Nate.