MTN is getting some visibility in the world of community media this season. An article about Somali production at MTN will be featured in the next edition of Community Media Review, the publication of the Alliance for Community Media (ACM). See page 2 for an abridged version of that article, or visit mtn.org to read the full article. The Alliance for Community Media is a national organization of public access organizations. ACM’s mission it “to assure everyone's access to electronic media. The Alliance advances this goal through public education, a progressive legislative and regulatory agenda, coalition building and grassroots organizing,” according to their web site. The Minnesota region of the ACM will hold a conference in St. Paul in February. For more about this conference, visit mtn.org. MTN was also the "featured member" of the National Alliance of Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC) web site. NAMAC is a national association of non-profit organizations and individuals committed to furthering the media arts: film, video, audio and digital. MTN Executive Director Pam Colby is on the Board of Directors of NAMAC. For more information on NAMAC, visit www.namac.org. For more on the ACM, visit www.alliancecm.org. You may also find these links on mtn.org.