Have you heard about CalTV!?

How do you get your information? Is it fair and balanced? Do you resort to the most trusted name in the news? Do you even turn on your television to watch news anymore?

Today, the news media can’t catch up with our generation. We are internet saavy and want things on demand. Here at Berkeley we are going to try something different. It’s called The CalTV Project. We are combining digital video and daily news. Every day we are going to have articles, one from somewhere in the World, then in the US, then California, and finally in Berkeley. Then we are going to reach out to our campus and capture voices about each issue and broadcast it online.

You know, I always like to hear from new groups trying to cover news from the Berkeley-perspective (speaking of which, have you started your new blog yet?). I look forward to seeing more from CalTV.

For example, here’s some of their current programming. Believe it or not, random students on Sproul have an opinion on the “housing bubble.” If you ever wanted to know what a theater major thinks about Alan Greenspan and the cyclical nature of the market, check the lower right. On to foreign policy. White MCB/African American studies major Johnathan Perry (lower left) gives us his opinion on the “so-called War on Terror” and how it relates to the situation regarding A.Q. Khan in Pakistan. Finally, campus issues. Two guys (lower right), think AlcoholEdu is a waste of time except for the part that tells you how much you should be drinking. A freshman (upper right) thinks the booze ban is a good idea even though it will cause more trouble because people are going to drink anyway. She also endorses AlcoholEdu because it was “very informative.”

Circle takes the square… Can’t wait to see what they cook up next.