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Member News
This is the area of our site where we post the latest activities of GFEM members. This includes new initiatives and grantee news. For information on becoming a GFEM member, please click here: http://www.gfem.org/membership
New Knight Initiative Seeks to Address Local Information Needs Engaging Community Foundations
$24 Million, Five-Year Project Spurs Innovation through Challenge Grants
MIAMI (June 23, 2008) – A $24 million initiative by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will engage community foundations in a grant-making challenge to find creative uses of media and technology to help keep communities informed and their citizens engaged.
LEF Foundation Announces 2008 Moving Image Fund Awards
LEF Foundation continues its support of the New England independent film community with $300,000 in new production grants
The LEF Foundation has announced its 2008 Moving Image Fund grants awarded to 26 individual filmmakers, totaling $280,000. In addition to the project grants, two $10,000 Documentary Fellowships were awarded for a total of $300,000 in grants.
Facing Realities: Dialogues in Boston Documentary Filmmaking
Date: June 12, 2008 - 6:30 pm
Location: Boston, MA
Highlights from the National Conference for Media Reform
Whether or not you were able to join GFEM's delegation to Minneapolis last week, you can see and hear the plenaries and over 60 panel presentations - including Bill Moyers, Naomi Klein, Dan Rather, Amy Goodman and more...
See video of the plenary speakers and others.
Hear audio of each of the 60-plus panel presentations. Scroll through the program to find the session you want.
Community Information Needs, Access to be Studied by New Knight Commission
This high-level Knight Commission will look into whether the information needs of 21st century American citizens and communities are being met and make recommendations for public policy and private initiatives that will help better meet those needs.
Video Toolkit Available from Annie E. Casey Foundation
GFEM member, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, has created a toolkit for use by grantees in their Making Connections sites. The aim is to maximize the use of video to communicate ideas, capture important events or present community perspectives.
Knight Foundation, Council on Foundations Present Forum and Website: "Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy"
The Knight Foundation and the Council on Foundations co-presented this groundbreaking convening for funders to explore the community impacts of media changes brought on by the "digital revolution," as well as the increased opportunities for civic involvement and betterment. The project generated an excellent website, full of numerous resources.
Media Justice Fund Goes International
By Hye-Jung Park, Media Justice Fund Program Officer, and Charlene Allen, Deputy Director of the Funding Exchange:
During the last year we've joined U.S. delegations to attend Freedom of Expression workshops in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Nairobi, Kenya; and Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
