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Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1988-01-07
Duration: 00:03:47
Subject: City planning; Urban poverty; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
People: Campbell, Ken; Cavellini, Bill; King, Mel; Noble, Bill; Vaillancourt, Meg;
Geography: Cambridge (Mass.)|
Clip Description
Meg Vaillancourt reports on a protest by Cambridge activists against plans proposed by MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) to develop a parcel of land near Central Square. Vaillancourt notes that protesters accuse MIT and the developer of misleading the public by underestimating the size and scope of the project planned for the Simplex site. Vaillancourt's report includes footage of Bill Cavellini (Simplex Steering Committee) and Ken Campbell (MIT) denouncing the plans for the site. Vaillancourt reviews the plans for the site. Vaillancourt reports that the protesters differ with MIT over the amount of low-income housing to be built on the site and on the definition of low-income housing. Vaillancourt's report includes footage of Bill Noble (Simplex Steering Committee) criticizing MIT's definition of low-income housing. Vaillancourt reports that Cambridge activists and the homeless community are at odds with one another over the most effective form of protest against the development. Vaillancourt's report includes footage of the protests by Cambridge activists. A scuffle breaks out between one of the activists and a homeless man. Mel King (community activist) tries to make peace between the two sides. Vaillancourt reports that the Cambridge City Council will soon vote on the planned development. This tape includes additional footage of students on the campus of MIT in warm weather.
Series Description
A local program aimed at the Boston audience, The Ten O'Clock News debuted on January 15, 1976. Its two immediate predecessors were The Reporters and Evening Compass. A news and public affairs show focusing on neighborhood, local and state issues, The Reporters was produced and broadcast on WGBH from 1970 to 1973. The Reporters was then replaced by Evening Compass, which expanded into a twice-nightly news broadcast during the tense moments of Boston's busing crisis. On the air from 1973 to 1975, Evening Compass found an audience through its in-depth coverage of school desegregation in Boston, which began in 1974. The Ten O'Clock News stood out as an in-depth news program. It strove for a balance between local and national stories, between politics and the Arts. The last The Ten O'Clock News program was broadcast on May 30, 1991.
