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About GFEM

Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media (GFEM) is an association of grantmakers committed to advancing the field of media arts and public interest media funding. GFEM serves as a resource for grantmakers who fund media content, infrastructure, and policy, those who employ media to further their program goals as well as a collaborative network for funders who wish to learn more about media. GFEM members have a broad range of interests and approaches, but share the view that electronic media is a vital form of human expression, communication and creativity, and plays a key role in building public will and shaping civil society. For more information on becoming a member see our Membership page.

Member News

French American Charitable Trust Suppported Mobile Tech Project Helps Reunite Loved Ones in Haiti

The Extraordinaries, a mobile technology project that helps connect volunteers with community need, has been deployed in Haiti to help find and match missing people with their families and loved ...

GFEM Events

Register Now: Join GFEM at South by Southwest Interactive + Film 2010

Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 6:00pm - Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 9:00pm
Austin, TX

Katrina@5

Monday, March 22, 2010 - Wednesday, March 24, 2010
New Orleans, LA

Join GFEM's Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Funder Delegation

Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - Sunday, April 11, 2010
Durham, North Carolina

Other Events

Making Your Media Matter Conference

Thursday, February 11, 2010 - Friday, February 12, 2010
Washington, D.C.

Philanthropy New York February Film Screening: "The Most Dangerous Man in America"

Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm
New York, NY

Wireside Chat with Lawrence Lessig: Fair Use, Politics, and Online Video

Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 6:00pm
Multiple locations, plus streaming online

Knight Foundation's Media Learning Seminar

Monday, March 1, 2010 - 9:00am - Tuesday, March 2, 2010 - 5:00pm
Miami, FL

Stories from the Field

A Vision of Radical Optimism From the Association of Independents in Radio: We Can Because You Do

Feature article from the January 2010 AIRblast  By AIR Executive Director Sue Schardt

What Kind of Apps Would Your Foundation Build?

[Source: Philanthropy 2173, by Lucy Bernholz; January 26, 2010]

GFEM Pictures + Words

This section of the GFEM Web site contains audio and video recordings from GFEM sponsored funder briefings.

Highlights from Media Grantmaking — The State (and Future) of the Field

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A Funder Conversation: Media Grantmaking — The State (and Future) of the FieldMEETING HIGHLIGHTS – JUNE 23 & 24, 2009, AT OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE

Webinar for Grantmakers: Using the GFEM Media Database

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Join us for this Webinar entitled "Using the New GFEM Media Database: A Dynamic Resource for Connecting Funders and Grantseekers." The session was presented to grantmakers on January 28, ...

How Do We Talk About Race, Class and Privilege? --- Traces of the Trade Newseum Panel

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Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media (GFEM) is pleased to present video of a panel discussion on race, class, and privilege in America that took place following a special screening of the ...

Policy

Community Radio Reaches Out in Haiti

[Source: Prometheus Radio Project; January 27, 2010]

The Clinton Internet Doctrine: Internet Access is the New Freedom of Assembly

[Source: Change.org, by Nathaniel Whittemore; January 22, 2010] If freedom of speech gives people the right to express their viewpoints, freedom of assembly gives people the right to ...

Resource page: Hot Button Media Issues for 2010

Welcome to GFEM's first funder briefing call of the new year. We will be providing an overview of the key media issues to be addressed in D.C. and beyond in 2010 - from the Future of Journalism ...

Content

The Media Justice Fund Issues its Final Evaluation Report

Since 2003 the Media Justice Fund of the Funding Exchange has made grants to grassroots social change organizations to support the development of media and communications systems to advance social ...

Pew Center: Social Media Provide First-Hand Accounts, Direct Action on Haiti

[Source: Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism; January 21, 2010]

Twitter Provides a Conduit for News from Quake-Devastated Haiti

[Source: San Jose Mercury News, by Patrick May; January 13, 2010]

Infrastructure

Resources: The Broadband Stimulus and How Funders Can Address the Needs of their Communities

In the Spring of 2010, an unprecedented $4.8 billion will be distributed via federal Stimulus funding for building out high-speed Internet/Broadband to unserved and underserved communities ...

Rural Broadband: The Cost of Exclusion

The Center for Rural Strategies contributed the following remarks to a recent public hearing on Digital Inclusion by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The event was part of a series ...
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Dealing with Broadband's Rural Downside

[Source: Daily Yonder, by Sharon Strover and Nick Muntean; November 18, 2009]
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Why Open Video?

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What is Open Video and what makes it an essential part of an engaged, inclusive media sphere?  How does Open Video promote free speech, diversity, and participation?