Michael Max Knobbe

02/13/2026

While the Bronx leads the way in culture and resilience, local media outlets across the country are facing unprecedented challenges. Now more than ever, community media centers are stepping up to fill the gap, delivering essential citizen journalism, community information, and authentic storytelling for all people. NYS Assemblyman George Alvarez and BronxNet Public Media are proud to invite you to an interactive panel discussion in Albany to address these vital issues:
🌟 The Local News Gap: Why Community Media Matters for New York’s Communities 🌟
Join Executive Director Michael Max Knobbe, along with noted community media experts and storytellers, for an in-depth conversation on the future of local news and the power of community-driven media.
When: Friday, February 13, 2026, at 1:00pm
Where: Hilton Albany, 40 Lodge Street, Governor Room A, Albany, NY
Meet Our Panelists:
Austin C. Jefferson: Albany Bureau Chief, StreetsblogNYC
Bob Lee: Host of OPEN Monday on BronxNet & WBLS Radio Personality
Michael Max Knobbe: Executive Director, BronxNet
Whether you are a storyteller, an advocate, or a concerned citizen, your voice is a critical part of this conversation. We hope to see you in Albany as we advocate for the media resources our communities deserve.
🌟 Your creativity and commitment are what make BronxNet thrive. We’re here to support you every step of the way, and together we’ll continue building a stronger community through media. 🌟

01/15/2026

NY Governor Kathy Hochul’s 2026 State of the State address highlighted achievements from the past four years and outlined her agenda for the year ahead, including expanding universal child care, strengthening public safety, cracking down on insurance fraud, protecting children online and from addictive algorithms, forward thinking AI policy, supporting youth mental health, and upholding constitutional rights. As we commemorate 250 years of American Democracy, Governor Hochul stated: “…I believe 250 years from now people will look back on this moment and ask: …Did we properly invest in education, knowing that an educated populace may be our best defense against tyranny? And when long cherished rights were stripped away and our very democracy was threatened, did we stand up and protect them?…” Public awareness, critical thinking, and civic discourse is what we seek to cultivate at community media networks like BronxNet Public Media, so these sentiments particularly resonated.

01/01/2026

🌿 Grateful for the stories we’ve made together —the laughter, the lessons, and the love that shaped our year—our hearts are full and open, ready to embrace the joys, adventures, and beautiful moments that await us in the year ahead. Happy + Healthy 2026! 🌟

12/31/2025

12/25/2025

🌿Happy + Healthy Holiday Season & New Year with Many Blessings from our Family to You and Your Families! 🌟🌞🗽 As we look ahead to 250 years of American democracy, we’re reminded of the power of voices, ideas, civic discourse, and a free press with participatory media like BronxNet Public Media. Sending you love, peace, harmony, hope, and inspiration for the year ahead. ⭐️

12/21/2025

‘You Are the Art’ with many of the installations delivering participatory experiences at Magazzino Italian Art Museum & Research Center including ‘Base Magica’ part of artist Piero Manzioni’s ‘Total Space’ in the The Robert Olnick Pavilion. Despina is from Athens, Greece and my family is from Campania, Italia so we feel great affinity with the work of Jannis Kounellis including ‘Senza titolo (Bilancino e Caffe)’ with coffee aromas and more referencing the port cities of Piraeus and Naples.
It’s a Mediterranean Field of Dreams, Culture, Competition, and Collaboration with Michelangelo Pistoletto’s installation ‘Love Difference’ celebrating diversity and teamwork on a mirrored map foosball table, and ‘Stracci Italiani’ nearby. Artist Giulio Paolini conveys a message of self reflection through Hermes and Praxiteles evoking the past, the future, and empathy between worlds with ‘Mimesi’. A nice journey through love, life, culture and coffee + more at Magazinno Italian Art in the Hudson Valley, Cold Spring, NY.

12/10/2025

The ‘Al at the Service of Communities’ roundtable hosted by Fordham University brought edifying perspectives on pathways toward community centered ethical AI, and I’m proud to have participated. Co-moderated by Lerzan Aksoy, Fordham University’s Dean of the Gabelli School of Business, and APACS President Renaldo Alba, Ed.D., we discussed AI tools and developing meaningful pathways for careers with this new paradigm along with other opportunities leveraging AI. I addressed topics including algorithmic price gouging, human (attention) fracking, and toxic algorithms while emphasizing the need for a Hippocratic Oath for AI builders and policymakers, together with exemplar public policy around AI inclusive of algorithms to help communities thrive. At BronxNet Public Media we’re leaning into leveraging AI conscientiously.

12/08/2025

The students of StreetSquash join the team for an interactive tour and more at The BronxNet + in the

11/06/2025

Looking forward to The Content Through Change panel tomorrow morning 11/6 at 9am with legislative leaders including Senator Robert Jackson, Assemblymember Maritza Davila, Senator Kristen Gonzalez, Assemblymember Harvey Epstein, and Assemblymember Khaleel Anderson and fellow panelists Carlos Callzadilla-Palacios, Eliza Orlins, and Ciara Lugo, and Michael Max Knobbe. Please join us if you are at the Somos Legislative Conference.

10/28/2025

Congratulations to the Creatives Rebuild NY artists and the BronxNet team producing the award-winning futuristic children’s series ‘EcoLeaders on BronxNet TV, for winning the National Hometown Media Award for Best Children’s Program, and for receiving a New York Emmy nomination in the Children / Youth content category. If you dream it, you can create it at BronxNet, and local artists have done just that with the and more. Artists Alba Enid Garcia-Rojas, Paola Poucel, and Kervin Peralta participated in 2 year residencies at BronxNet through the support of Creatives Rebuild NY, and brought in an even bigger network of artists including Jesus Alarcon, and Daria Markovskaya working on production with the BronxNet team including Walter Garaicoa, Bernardo Moranta, Juanita Lara, and more. Thank you to Senator Nathalia Fernandez and Assemblywoman Yudelka Tapia for joining us for a behind the scenes tour on production.