George Fairfield
Station Manager, Piscataway Community TV
George Fairfield’s experience ranges from documentary film making to interactive live events to instructing digital video editing. For the Piscataway Board of Education, George also assisted with the design and installation of two television studios plus a 25 edit station classroom all fiber connected to a main storage server. As owner of Fairfield Productions, George specialized in integrating multi-media elements into live theatrical events. His clients included LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, The McDonalds Corporation, and Edelman Public Relations. As a documentary film maker, George’s work has been showcased in the Chain Film Festival & The New York Independent Film Festival as well as Dances With Films Festival where his feature length documentary of famed director/choreographer, Tony Stevens, titled "WITH NO REGRETS: A Dancin' Man's Journey" made its world premiere. George is currently the Station Manager for Piscataway Community Television. George also chairs the JAG Awards Committee.
Using College Interns and How to Find Them (Roundtable)
One of the great things about PEG channels is that they can provide a meaningful internship to young people who want to pursue a career in media production. Unlike the networks, there are no union regulations, no restrictions on what equipment can be used, and little but common sense to restrict creative young minds. The list of successful professionals that started their careers at PEG channels is lengthy. This panel will explore ways to find qualified interns and what to do with them once you have them on board to make their experience valuable and their management relatively painless. Panelists: Abigail Wilson, Production Manager, C-NET, PA; George Fairfield, Station Manager, Piscataway TV; Moderator: Don Smith, Station Manager, Cranford TV