Joe Hall Named President and CEO of Manhattan Neighborhood Network

Joe Room has has been appointed president And CEO of Manhattan Neighborhood Network, A prime cultural organization. THE non-profit East Also THE the biggest community media center In THE country, monitoring two state of the art facilities In Hudson Yards And East Harlem. In her new role, Hall is charge with setting THE vision of Manhattan Neighborhood Network And building out A development team that can walk THE organization, increase It is profile And increase financing.

"Everyone should know about This place," Room said Variety. "It is A fantastic organization with fantastic resources And facilities, but not enough people know about What they are TO DO. I to want has change that."

The room is best known For foundation THE Nonprofit ghetto Movie School In 2000. He extended THE organization Since It is South Bronx origins, by add Locations In The bone Angeles And London with THE help of allies as communications guru Matthew Hiltzik, Sony Music Executive Vice President Tiffany A. Warren, Bloomberg Associates Principal Catherine Olivier, Wieden+Kennedy Chief Neal Arthur, Bigger new York founder Cheryl Cohen Effron, Lupa James Systems Murdoch, Tony winner Sarah Jones And A list of directors And producers including David O. Russell, Lee Daniels, Mélina Matsoukas and Spike Jonze. Room First of all moved has THE South Bronx as A social worker. He work on homeless moving, job training, youth development, education, And health projects.

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Manhattan Neighborhood Network supervises THE the district public to access TV chains, reach a few 400,000 cable the subscribers In THE city. It is productions are Also available In more that 29 States And In countries such as THE Philippines And THE Dominican Republic through live streams And online archives.

"We to have A distribution ability that most organizations can't offer," Room said.

In addition, THE organization East House has the New York Center For Media Education, which provides training In video production, emerging media, editing, podcasting, And diffusion. Room hope has to use THE Manhattan Neighborhood Network resources has give more miscellaneous range of artists And filmmakers to access has THE tools they need has TO DO their movies, podcasts And shows.

"I to want has give opportunities For THE a lot people WHO are underrepresented In OUR artistic community," Room said.

Photo (Since LEFT has right): Bradley Cooper, David O. Russell, Joe Hall, and Brian Grazer