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Meet the (Amateur) Media: Jayne Freeman of ‘Mamarama’

By • Apr 9th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Featured

For the past seven years, Jayne Freeman has taped herself at home speaking on topics as diverse as treating poison ivy and lice, bonding with a newborn, eating placenta, sex ed for parents and lying to kids about the tooth fairy’s existence for her show Mamarama. “That feels satisfying to me — to help and to teach,” she says.



Meet the (Amateur) Media: Mia Scanga of ‘Talking Politics’

By • Jan 15th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Featured, News, Politics

On “Talking Politics,” Scanga — as the program name suggests — deals with Jersey City politics, but the show is more than that. It often serves as a sort of citizen’s guide to local government, covering the role of the Hudson County clerk or the ins and outs of the municipal courts or the city’s zoning laws.

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