Princeton TV remembers Superstorm Sandy on Labor Day

Princeton Community TV shines a spotlight on the progress made in the two years since Superstorm Sandy, as well as work that needs to be done, including clean-up, rebuilding and relocation.

This will be the subject of three hours of programming on September 1, the station announced.

The programming will be hosted by Jim Hooker, veteran journalist and former senior anchor and managing editor of NJN News  on NJN Public Television, and produced by Janice Selinger, the former Acting Executive Director of NJN Public Television and 14-time Emmy award-winning producer.

“This very strong block of programming presents an inside look at post - Sandy New Jersey from the number of important viewpoints,” Hooker said.  “A taped segment features interviews and compelling video from the front lines of one community hit hard by the storm - Highlands.”

In a “Place to Call Home,” one segment of the three part production, Highlands residents, Leo Cervantes owner of Chilango's Mexican Restaurant and Giesla Smith, owner of Bay Avenue Bakery  and Café and others are featured as well as Donna Blaze, CEO of the Affordable Housing Alliance and MOVE, Manasquan Organization of Volunteer Efforts.

Other segments  “Telling Sandy’s Stories” and “After Sandy: Rebuilding Safely.”

“Sandy was a state-wide event that devastated communities along the coast as well as far inland in many communities around New Jersey,” stated George McCullough, general manager for Princeton Community TV.  ”As terrible as it was - and, yes, many families are still rebuilding almost two years later - what better way than through Public Access television to communicate with our fellow New Jerseyans about where we are today and what we’re doing to move forward.”

Princeton Community TV broadcasts on cable television on Comcast CH 30 Princeton, Verizon FiOS CH 34 - greater Princeton area and streamlined online at www.princetontv.org and on its Roku Channel.   The programs are being offered to the 60 Public Access stations in New Jersey to air on Labor Day or at another point prior to the two-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy that fits a stations’ schedule.  Please check your local listings for more information.

Princeton Community TV is a Princeton, New Jersey based Digital Media Center and Public Access Channel.  its mission is to provide the public with the tools, training and means to produce their programming.

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