Why Watch Other People’s News When You Can Watch Your Own?
Welcome to Cecil TV, a news service owned and operated by Cecil Public Media is dedicated to Cecil County and it’s neighboring areas. If you are a new visitor, you should know we’ve been steadily producing our weekly show and special features since November 2016 and you will find on this site over 100 episodes of 30@6 dating back to our first episode. 30@6 features a wide cross-section of people and organizations from all areas of Cecil County life.
Our mission is to present fair and balanced reporting and interviews with the leaders, activists and creators who influence and inspire our community. Though we rely on donors and sponsors for financial support we also need input and guidance from our viewers so that we know what you would like to see and know about.
If you think we got something wrong or if there’s more to the story that we missed, please let us know. Or if you think we’re doing a great job, we would like to hear that too, but be sure to tell your friends and neighbors!
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Interested in getting involved? Media that is a value to the community it serves, does not exist or succeed in a vacuum. We have needs for volunteers both in front of and behind the cameras. Most of our crew learned to do what they do here – you can to! If you would like to participate in what we do at Cecil TV, please contact us.
Send us an email: info@cecil.tv
Editorial Independence Policy
We accept gifts, grants and sponsorships from individuals and organizations for the general support of our activities, but our news judgments are made independently and not on the basis of donor support.
Our organization may consider donations to support the coverage of particular topics, but our organization maintains editorial control of the coverage. We will cede no right of review or influence of editorial content, nor of unauthorized distribution of editorial content.
Fiscal Sponsor
The Institute for Nonprofit News is a fiscal sponsor of Cecil Public Media.
Donor Transparency
Our organization will make public all donors who give a total of $5,000 or more per year. We will accept anonymous donations for general support only if it is clear that sufficient safeguards have been put into place that the expenditure of that donation is made independently by our organization and in compliance with INN’s Membership Standards. As of 10/15.2021, Cecil Public Media has received no donations larger than $5,000.
Anonymous Funding
No more than 15 percent of revenue comes from anonymous funding.
Republication of Content
Our content can be republished with explicit permission by Cecil Public Media.
Executive Director
Doug Donley has been an advocate of community media for 30 years. As
principal director of Cecil TV, he has produced over 150 episodes of the local
magazine format show 30@6. Doug has a B.S. in Computer Science from the
State University of New York and studied documentary TV production at the
New School’s Global Village Media Resource Center in New York City.
Board of Directors
Jordan Butler has served as Chief Financial Officer for the Maryland
Department of Health for the past four years. Prior to this role, he held
positions at the Maryland Department of Budget and Management, the State
University of New York System Budget Office, and the Nevada Legislature. He
also served as an education volunteer in Peace Corps Madagascar in
2008-2009. A native of Henderson, Nevada, Jordan holds his bachelor’s degree
in political science with a minor in journalism from the University of Nevada
Reno and his master’s degree in public administration from Syracuse
University.
William DeFreitas has been involved in the printing, advertising and
publishing businesses for his entire career. He served as president of the
Philadelphia Litho Club before building a successful printing and advertising
brokerage firm serving Fortune 500 companies. From 2009-2018, Bill
published the Cecil Guardian, a free weekly county newspaper. Bill has served
on the Board of Directors of Cecil College for 9 years and is a supporter of
other local non-profits including the Boys and Girls Club of Cecil County.
Cathleen Donley, recently retired from a long career in Information
Technology, is a long-time volunteer for organizations focusing on children
and families and has recently become a Court Appointed Special Advocate for
foster children in Cecil County. She is a partner in Northern Chesapeake Media,
LLC.
