NOWCastSAs mission is

to promote and facilitate an inclusive civic conversation.

NOWCastSA was founded as a nonprot organization to ll the need for meaningful local news and information with an online, neighbor-toneighbor network.

How NOWCastSA uses the Internet to reinvent local news:

NOWCastSA educates people about important local issues using articles, photos, slideshows, video and interactive maps. NOWCastSA uses live streaming webcasts to open the room at community events, making them accessible to anyone with an Internet connection. People who can't attend can still participate live, online, by watching, listening and asking questions from a mobile device or computer. NOWCastSA offers training for community journalists and teaches digital literacy and online communication. NOWCastSA is a grassroots project of Community Information Now (CI:Now), a collaboration formed to democratize data. NOWCastSA is made possible by underwriting, sponsorships, grants and donations from organizations and individuals like you!

Staff Charlotte-Anne Lucas, Managing Director Amanda Evrard, Development Director Clayton Price, Video Producer Kris Serold, Video Producer Tawseef Ali, Intern Ethan Jones, Internet Developer Patrick Deuley, Internet Developer George Howard, Internet Developer Board of Directors Charles C. Andrews, Chair William G. Moll, Chair Emeritus Anthony Alcoser, Treasurer K. Stephen Blanchard, PhD, MPH Rosie Castro Anthony Edwards Charlotte-Anne Lucas Pilar Oates Clarence Reggie Williams, Advisory Member

NOWCastSA is:
Local news, live webcasts, maps, archived videos, community education y ms The peoples media. Kevin Moriarty, Methodist Healthcare Ministries A great public service! Childcare issues kept me home - you kept me in the loop. Veronica Flores-Paniagua A brilliant platform that provides a service that others can tap into Jay Rosen, PressThink A positive example of what it takes for news outlets to be successful today. Julin Castro, San Antonio Mayor

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Focus on Data
NOWCastSA believes that access to data and information is essential to a healthy democracy. It partners with NOWData to interpret and share information with people who are working to change their community for the better. Through collaborations and projects like the Eastside Promise and Wheatley Choice Neighborhoods, the State of Texas Children and the Bexar County Health Collaborative, NOWCastSA uses community engagement to connect people with information in new ways. Rather than giving a brief summary of events, it captures complete, unltered video and invites the public to join the conversation. Rather than telling stories, it links stories with data and encourages people to learn more and get involved.

Expanding the Room for Civic Events

NOWCastSA allows people to be two places at once with any Internet-connected computer, cell phone or mobile device. It makes local government t into anyones busy schedule through archived video that can be replayed later, and enables people to overcome barriers to civic engagement. It is like public television on the Internet, but it doesnt just show people what is going on: With the NOWCastSA platform, people can actually participate in events live as they are happening. Top: Clayton Price, Andrew Delgado and CharlotteAnne Lucas at One Billion Rising. Photo by Dan Coln Bottom: William Gilbert behind the lens at the Inaugural Indigenous Peace Gathering.

Community Outreach and Education

NOWCastSA connects the community with resources online through its stories and interactive maps, showing parents where to go to get their kids vaccinated, free school supplies, summer-time out of school activities, free lunch programs and more. Staff attend community events like the Girls Inc. RockIt Into the Future Science Festival, Bark in the Park and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial March to teach people how to use media technology, such as how to take photos with a smartphone and post them to the web using free tools. Staff also teach free classes and workshops to groups on topics ranging from journalism basics (interviewing, storytelling, writing and editing) to video editing and photography, social media and mobile webcasting. NOWCastSA focuses on using free and low-cost applications and teach people how to best use the equipment they already have in new ways.

Volunteer interviewing an artist at Luminaria: Arts Night in San Antonio

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Covering the events that matter to San Antonians
From the Csar E. Chvez March for Justice and Cinco de Mayo celebrations to SA2020 events, lights on the River Walk and City of San Antonio Annual Budget Hearings, NOWCastSA documents and archives signicant cultural and civic events throughout the community.

In 2012, NOWCastSA shared 490 stories and events with over 43,907 NOWCastSA.com viewers, reaching thousands more via social networking and partnering web sites. It expanded the room for 99 civic events via live, interactive webcasts and video productions. The most-viewed content in 2012 was our Early Voting Polling Locations map. Visitors spent an average of 6.5 minutes viewing NOWCastSA.com, and an average of more than 19 minutes on our Livestream channel pages.

2013 Funding Outlook

Funders Include Grants: The 80/20 Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Kronkosky Charitable Foundation, United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County Underwriting: Eastside Promise Neighborhood, Wheatley Choice Neighborhood, Methodist Healthcare Ministries, Bexar County Health Collaborative, San Antonio Housing Authority, Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce In-Kind: San Antonio Public Library, Rackspace Hosting, Salesforce Foundation, Online Legal Media Network Donations from people like you!

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How you can help

Participate
Every time you go to NOWCastSA.com to read about local happenings or tune in to a live webcast, you are equipped to join the conversation. Take the next step and join a group, post your comments and feedback, share news with your friends and tell people about that last video you watched. NOWCastSA wants to help you share your news: Sign on to volunteer as a community journalist or attend a free workshop.

What can your donation do?

$5 sends the NOWCastSAvan nine miles to cover your news $25 puts a freelancer behind a camera for one hour $32 buys enough Gaffer's Tape for a three-camera webcast $49 buys a FlipCam for community volunteers to use at local events $350 buys one month of live webcast streaming service $500 produces a ve-minute documentary $750 publishes a map and story $1,000 covers all operation costs for an average NOWCastSA day $1,800 sponsors a typical webcast $2,500 sponsors a day-long webcast $5,000 buys a NewTec Tricaster Studio

Donate
Your support helps build a better informed and more connected community. Keep democracy healthy by donating to NOWCastSA today at http://nowcastsa.com/donate or send your check made out to NOWCastSA to: NOWCastSA 600 Soledad, 6th Floor San Antonio, TX 78205