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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

Knight Foundation-Supported Report Aims to Reduce Violence Against Journalists

A new Knight Foundation-supported report cites specific strategies to help reduce violence against the press and the impunity surrounding the cases involving the murder and disappearance of ...

IMPACT Series Launched

IMPACT: a series of stories about films making change     How do social issue documentary films do more than just raise awareness?Are you a documentary filmmaker looking for ...

GFEM Events

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

Funder Conversation: Media Grantmaking ─ The State and Future of the Field

Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - Thursday, June 10, 2010
New York, NY

Other Events

Philanthropy New York March Film Screening: The Last Truck

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

At the Crossroads: A Community Arts & Development Convening

Thursday, March 25, 2010 - Saturday, March 27, 2010
St. Louis, MO

The Conversation: Social Media, Digital Distribution and the Future of Film

Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 9:00am - 5:30pm
New York, NY

Arts Advocacy Day 2010

Monday, April 12, 2010 - Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Washington, D.C.

The Good Pitch at Tribeca

Tuesday, April 27, 2010
New York, NY

Stories from the Field

Why Our Communities Need Broadband

[Source: UNITYNews; March 10, 2010]Rhonda Locklear of the Lumbee Tribe in North Carolina speaks about the urgency of broadband access for communities across the country at the FCC's "Digital ...

Net Neturality and Communities of Color

[Source: UNITYNews; March 10, 2010]

The Media Consortium 2010 Meeting Notes + Materials Online

The Media Consortium is pleased to announce that the first half of their annual meeting notes and materials are available online. Thanks to all who participated in the meeting—your thoughts, ...

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

Net Neturality and Communities of Color

[Source: UNITYNews; March 10, 2010]

Audio Now Available: The Broadband Stimulus and How Funders Can Address the Needs of Their Communities

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Listen to the teleconference to learn more about the range of activities the philanthropic community is undertaking to leverage this historic opportunity.

Low-Power FM Bill Reintroduced

[Source: Arstechnica, by Matthew Lasar; March 3, 2010]

Library, Higher Education Groups Call on FCC to Adopt Net Neutrality Principles

[Source: Association of Research Libraries; March 1, 2010]WASHINGTON DC—Eleven library and higher education-related institutions and organizations today sent a letter to Federal Communications ...

Content

IMPACT Series Launched

IMPACT: a series of stories about films making change     How do social issue documentary films do more than just raise awareness?Are you a documentary filmmaker looking for ...

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 ...

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]
The tragic earthquake that devastated the country of Haiti on January 12 and killed an estimated 200,000 people inspired a wealth of online activity. The online communication site Twitter played ...

Infrastructure

Why Our Communities Need Broadband

[Source: UNITYNews; March 10, 2010]Rhonda Locklear of the Lumbee Tribe in North Carolina speaks about the urgency of broadband access for communities across the country at the FCC's "Digital ...

Broadband Can Close the Education Loop

[Source: Daily Yonder, by Sharon Strover and Nick Muntean; March 8, 2010]Education increases chances for employment.  Distance learning increases educational opportunities for rural ...

After 10 Years, Federal Money for Technology in Education

[Source: The New York Times, by Elizabeth Jensen, January 24, 2010]
More than a decade ago, Lawrence K. Grossman, former president of both NBC News and PBS, and Newton N. Minow, the former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, were asked by several ...

Google Shakes Up Broadband Landscape With Fiber Build Initiative

[Source: BroadbandBreakfast.com, by Drew Clark, February 10, 2010]
Google shook up the broadband world on Wednesday with the announcement, on its blog, that it plans to offer super-fast broadband, at speeds of up to 1 Gigabit per second, to up to 500,000 ...