By Locals andFor Locals
Discover the people and places of central Pennsylvania through the lenses of local residents.
Our Town features the heritage and spirit of local communities as told by its citizens. Residents use their video cameras to show the personalities and places that make their town special.
WPSU also works with communities to produce Our Town: The Kids’ Cut, which puts the editorial power into the hands of middle school students.
The series has highlighted more than fifty communities in the WPSU coverage area since its debut in 1996.
Featured Towns
Bradford
Grange Fair
Mount Union
Reynoldsville
Johnstown
Curwensville
Sheffield
Hollidaysburg
Suggest your town! Email Producer Whitney Chirdon at whitney@psu.edu to suggest your town for an episode of Our Town.
Latest Blog Post
Our Town: Grange Fair TV Program Community Meeting This Saturday!
We are hoping to recruit volunteer storytellers to capture video and still photos of their experience at the Grange Fair. The community meeting is this Saturday, August 21 at 1 p.m. in the WPSU studio in Innovation Park, State College. For directions to the studio, visit http://wpsu.org/about/driving_directions. The meeting is open to the public.
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Contribute to WPSU to get the most recent episodes of Our Town.
Buy other DVDs from Penn State University Media Sales. Call 1-800-770-2111, or visit the Media Sales website.
