Colin Rhinesmith

Current

• Adjunct Lecturer at Bentley University
• Community Media Coordinator at Cambridge Community Television

Past

• Research Assistant at Emerson College
• Digital Media Producer at Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School
• Research Assistant at Emerson College

• Staff Assistant at Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School
• Communications Intern at Media Matters for America
• Record Producer and Owner at The Longhouse Recording Studio
• Assistant Engineer at Q Division Studios

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Education

• Emerson College
• Emerson College

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Industry

Media Production

Colin Rhinesmith’s Summary

Colin Rhinesmith’s Specialties:

community media, media education, media production, online media, civic media, media literacy, community building, and community organizing

Colin Rhinesmith’s Experience

• Adjunct Lecturer

  Bentley University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

  MC 224 Introduction to Video Production, Media and Culture Program, English Department.

• Community Media Coordinator

  Cambridge Community Television

  (Media Production industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  Serve as Project Manager on the "Bridging the Digital Divide" pilot program (http://www.cctvcambridge.org/digitaldivide) with the City of Cambridge, which provides access to computers, training and wireless Internet to low-income families living in a public housing development.
  
  Coordinate "NeighborMedia", a program funded by New Voices (J-Lab) and established to provide training and support to Cambridge citizen journalists
  
  Teach media production courses, including Videoblogging Production and Introduction to Web Media for CCTV's community media training program
  
  Manage computerCENTRAL, CCTV's public access computer lab, including the supervision of 7 volunteer staffing interns

• Research Assistant

  Emerson College

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  October 2007 — December 2007 (3 months)

  Supported Professors Eric Gordon and John Craig Freeman with the Digital Lyceum, a project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities digital start-up initiative to research best practices and propose a sustainable model for creating and facilitating “mixed reality” lecture-style events. (http://augmentedplace.org/)

• Digital Media Producer

  Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School

  (Higher Education industry)

  September 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 4 months)

  Produced audio & video podcasts for MediaBerkman: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediaberkman/
  
  Produced audio podcasts for the Citizen Media Law Project: http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/podcast
  
  Ensured quality audio and video webstreaming for center-sponsored events
  
  Assisted with the launch of The Berkman Center's YouTube channel and various other online media distribution platforms
  
  Worked closely with Harvard Law School and University Media Services Departments for event production

• Research Assistant

  Emerson College

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  May 2007 — September 2007 (5 months)

  Supported Dr. Eric Gordon, Assistant Professor of New Media with a project entitled "The Place of Social Media" - an exploration of how neighborhood organizations, city governments and social media makers are adopting digital networks to enable physical connections. (http://placeofsocialmedia.com/)

• Staff Assistant

  Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School

  (Higher Education industry)

  August 2005 — August 2006 (1 year 1 month)

  Provided direct support to students, faculty, staff and fellows
  
  Planned, organized and implemented workshop and conference logistics for events, including Beyond Broadcast, Identity Mashup, Wikimania 2006 and the Center for Citizen Media's "Un-Conference"
  
  Produced audio podcasts for AudioBerkman (now MediaBerkman)
  
  Acted as the first point of contact for visitors via phone, email and in-person inquiries

• Communications Intern

  Media Matters for America

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Political Organization industry)

  August 2004 — August 2004 (1 month)

  Provided research support to the Communications Department

• Record Producer and Owner

  The Longhouse Recording Studio

  (Music industry)

  1999 — 2003 (4 years )

  A list of records that I've produced, engineered and performed on can be found at Allmusic and MSN Music.

• Assistant Engineer

  Q Division Studios

  (Privately Held; Music industry)

  2000 — 2001 (1 year )

Colin Rhinesmith’s Education

• Emerson College

  M.A. , Media Arts , 2006 — 2008

  Research Assistant, Visual and Media Arts Department. Under Dr. Eric Gordon, Assistant Professor of New Media and John Craig Freeman, Associate Professor of New Media. 2007-2008.
  
  Research Assistant, Visual and Media Arts Department. Under Dr. Eric Gordon, Assistant Professor of New Media. 2007.

• Emerson College

  B.A. , Media Arts , 2003 — 2005

  Magna Cum Laude
  
  Co-founder, Students Concerned About Mass Media, a student-led media criticism organization

Additional Information

Colin Rhinesmith’s Interests:

Web 2.0, education, digital media, community media, participatory media, online social networks, community technology, blogging, podcasting, videoblogging

Colin Rhinesmith’s Groups:

Alliance for Community Media, Association for Computing Machinery, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Cultural Studies Association, and International Association of Media and Communication Research

•    The Official Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Group
•    Emerson College Alumni Association
•    Online Community Manager
•    Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
•    Alliance for Community Media

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