Michael Weisman on Mon, 14 Feb 2005 02:57:35 +0100 (CET) |
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<nettime> FW: [MediaAct] RIP: Dirk Koning |
> http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2929195 > > WoodTV Channel 8 (Grand Rapids, MI) > > February 10, 2005 > > Dirk Koning, Founder of Community Media Center, Passes Away > > A pioneer in the Grand Rapids community has died. > > The Community Media Center has given a voice to countless > opinions and personalities, through radio, television and > other media. Now, the voices that come from the facility are > tinged with sadness. > > Dirk Koning, the founding director of the Community Media > Center, died early Thursday morning at the age of 48 from > complications after a heart procedure. > > He was the first and only director the 25-year-old center > has ever known. He was well known for his efforts in > promoting community media. His drive came from a belief that > everyone should have a chance to be heard. > > "Dirk believed, strongly believed, that it was really > important, critical, that regular people had a voice in > popular media...not just writing a letter to the editor, but > to be on television, be on radio, be on the popular forms of > media, that media belonged to the people. And that was > something he believed deeply in," said Chuck Peterson of > GRTV. > > The Community Media Center includes GRTV, WYCE-FM and other > media outlets. It is also a training ground for those > interested in learning how different media work. At any > given time, some 150 volunteers will be at the facility > putting programs together for public access. > > Koning's mission of building community through media > extended well beyond Grand Rapids. > > "He was very well known nationally and really > internationally as of a missionary for community media," > said Peterson. > > A missionary, some say visionary, whose death leaves a large > void in the community. > > "We all do the work...we're all committed to continuing. But > Dirk, as a person, there's no way to replace him," adds > Peterson. > > Koning leaves behind a wife and two children. > > Copyright (c) 2005 WorldNow and WOODTV. All Rights Reserved. > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > You are subscribed to the Media Activist email discussion list, hosted by > Media Tank. For more information about Media Tank, check out > www.mediatank.org. > > To unsubscribe from this list, email majordomo@serve.com with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject line and "unsubscribe activist" in the body (make > sure not to add your signature). > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net