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Media Content
A television program or film puts a face on an issue. A radio news feature or documentary brings a tangible reality to recited facts. Video streamed on a website underscores issues presented in plain text and can move people to action. Whether the content is targeted to public or commercial media outlets, funders need a working understanding of the entire media landscape in order to be most effective in their grantmaking.
How Do We Talk About Race, Class and Privilege? --- Traces of the Trade Newseum Panel
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 groundbreaking film, Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North. This discussion, organized by GFEM, took place during the Council on Foundations Philanthropy Leadership Summit on May 6, 2008 at the Newseum in Washington, DC.
Watch “A Low Power Radio Katrina Story” on Bill Moyers Journal
On a special segment aired August 24, 2007, low-powered FM radio (LPFM) activist Hannah Sassaman of the Prometheus Radio Project, journalist Rick Karr and Bill Moyers discuss the current battle to protect and bolster low-power FM radio, as well as look at how low-power radio helped to save lives after Hurricane Katrina. To watch the video segment click here.
Study Explores Radio as a Mobilization Tool in Latino Communities
The results of a study funded through the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), a grantee of the Ford Foundation, have just been released.
San Francisco State University researcher Graciela Orozco examined how Latinos in California utilized Radio Bilingue, a local Spanish-language radio station, to inform, encourage, and organize political action on the issue of immigrants' rights as part of the national May 1st mobilization protests that took place in 2006. Orozco’s work lends evidence to the continuing importance of broadcast radio for community discourse, outreach and organizing.
'Traces of the Trade' and Philanthropy
[Source: Philanthropy News Digest, a service of the Foundation Center]
By Kathryn Pyle, an independent film producer and a frequent contributor to PhilanTopic, the PND blog
The Opportunity Agenda Releases an Affirmative Action Report
[Source: The Opportunity Agenda]
Affirmative Action in the Public Discourse: Media Content and Opinion Analysis
Key News Audiences Now Blend Online and Traditional Sources
[Source: Pewresearch.org]
August 17, 2008 - For more than a decade, the audiences for most traditional news sources have steadily declined, as the number of people getting news online has surged. However, today it is not a choice between traditional sources and the internet for the core elements of today's news audiences.
Guide to Media Law Launched for Online Media Creators
The new Citizen Media Legal Guide focuses on the legal issues that non-traditional and traditional journalists are likely to encounter as they gather information and publish their work online. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, this free online resource is intended for use by bloggers, website operators, and other citizen media creators.
Beyond Broadcast Multi-Media Now Online
The 2008 Beyond Broadcast conference was a mix of discussions and demonstrations with leaders and innovators in public media. Keep the conversations going on the Beyond Broadcast social network and the conference Twitter stream. Didn't make it to the conference?