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Ron Cox: Executive Director

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Ron has been involved with community media for over 25 years and in 2006, he became the Executive Director of MATV, Malden’s Media Center. Ron also served on the MATV Board of Directors from 1992-1998 including two years as Board President. In 1993, he became the Program Director at Wakefield Community Access Television (WCAT) where he served for 3 years and then became Director of Production and Outreach at Salem Access Television (SATV) for 6 years. In 2003, Ron returned to WCAT as the Executive Director until 2006 when he came back to his hometown of Malden to work at MATV.

Ron’s passion for community media has been evident throughout his career and especially with his work with youth and video as his originally designed “Kids Video Adventure” Workshop has won many regional and national awards. Ron also enjoys swimming, sailing and surfing. Recently widowed, Ron has two wonderful grandchildren, Connor and Sean and a lovely daughter, Kristen.

Anne D'Urso-Rose: Associate Director

Anne durso rose 2 Anne has been a part of the MATV staff since 1991, and we would all be lost without her broad knowledge and quiet leadership. Anne has a degree in Radio, TV, and Film from Northwestern University and a Masters degree in Mass Communication from Emerson College. Anne has worked with children and adolescents using media production as a tool for social growth and development. Besides directing our training program at MATV, Anne works to develop new programs and collaborative projects with other local organizations. She coordinates the MATV Gallery, does grantwriting, and publishes the newsletter. Anne lives in Malden with her husband and two children.

Terlonzo Amos: Director of Operations

Terlonzo01As the Director of Operations, Terlonzo is an essential leader of this organization. He is also responsible for purchasing, repairing and upgrading all video equipment as well as keeping the facility tuned up.
Terlonzo has re-designed and helped build our new state of the art digital studio as well as upgrading our cablecasting for digital playback. Terlonzo also teaches the studio classes and provides one-on-one assistance and mentoring to a number or producers.
A lifelong resident of Malden, Terlonzo graduated from Malden High School and University of Massachusetts at Boston. Terlonzo has worked in television production and engineering in the Boston area.
Terlonzo's credits include being the Executive Producer of Around the Rim on MATVLink_7 This show provides live coverage of the Malden Neighborhood Basketball League, which is hosted by Nester Dudley, native of Bugtussle, TN. Aside from his work at Malden Access Television, Terlonzo professional credits include working as a production assistant on Eyes on the Prize and Assistant Editor on The Great Depression, both were award winning PBS series produced by Blackside, Inc.

Brian Biggie: Government Access Coordinator

Brian01 Brian Biggie is a Malden Catholic graduate who went on to receive a Communications Degree in Media Production from Endicott College. A former MATV youth member, Brian now runs our Government Channel and produces shows like City Council, School Committee, Beacon Hill Perspective and numerous Chamber of Commerce Events. His current personal project is called: "Giving Back" and highlights the Malden charity group Bread of Life. He is very proud of the fact that he has turned his wife Sandy, who's originally from Connecticut, into a die-hard Red Sox fan. He also spends his free time reading, watching movies and preparing to stop the inevitable robot uprising.

Hailey Hao: Educational Access Coordinator

Hailey Hailey Hao, a native of Chongqing, China, is our Educational Access Coordinator. Her job is to oversee the programming and production on the Educational Channel. She works with students, teachers, parents and school administrators to create programming for the channel.

A little background about Hailey: While she was studying Tourism Management in China, she worked as a television program host/director for a Chinese/English bilingual program Jiaoliu (Interflow) and also worked as a Production Assistant for a children's TV show called Guai Wa Wa (Good Kids). These experiences made her realize that her passion was in media. So she took a big step and came to Boston to study Television Production in 2004. She graduated with a Masters of Science in Television Production from Boston University in 2006.

Before Hailey started the position at MATV, she worked as a freelance videographer and editor for several organizations, including the New England Patriots, Harvard Law School, and SpicesOfLife.com. She also makes independent films in her spare time. A short documentary about tattoos she directed and edited won the "New England Emerging Filmmaker" award at the Woods Hole Film Festival in 2007. Currently, she is working on a documentary about four young sisters supporting each other and pursuing their dreams.

Hailey started her position at MATV in Aug 2008 and she said it’s her great honor to be a part of this wonderful team and this great community, where she has already met so many wonderful and talented people. She believes “all together, we can make more great shows and give something great back to our community!” She is looking forward to sharing her experience in video production with more people.

Anna Pacheco: Administrative Assistant

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Front Desk/Traffic Cop/Evil Dwarf Genius

Anna began at MATV by volunteering in 1996 on such shows as; The Story Box, Malden This Week, Open Studio, & Wrestling Center, still continuing to help out with productions both on and off-site. While being a part of the MATV Gallery Staff, Anna enjoys producing her own experimental styles of art, whether it’s tape, computer, digital or still images…wherever the road takes her. “To infinity and beyond.”

James Mudge: Programming/Volunteer Coordinator

James_avatarJames joined MATV as a volunteer in May 2008, and was twice recognized as MATV Volunteer of the Year in 2009 and 2011. He joined the staff of MATV as the Programming/Volunteer Coordinator in August of 2012.

James received the 2012 Hometown Media Award for Best of Access Program Promo, and serves as instructor for MATV's Final Cut Pro X workshops. In May 2013 he was certified as an Apple Certified Pro, Final Cut Pro X, Level One.

Josephine Royal: Office Assistant

IMG_0560 Josephine joined our staff in May, 2008. She was hired through the organization "Citizens for Citizens." She works part-time at the front desk and, on her days off, volunteers as crew for "Malden Square" and other shoots as needed. She is learning more about cameras and studio, and really enjoys media production. Josephine's husband works at the Cyber Cafe across the street and they often get to walk to work together! Joseephine really enjoys working with the community, lending a listening ear to our visitors, and helping them in any way she can. By working at MATV, she gets to learn more about this community where she lives.

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