New GFEM Report - "Funding Media, Strengthening Democracy: Grantmaking for the 21st Century"
Baltimore, MD – Despite the pervasiveness of media, the amount of
philanthropic dollars in support of public interest media remains
minuscule. The findings, released today by Grantmakers in Film +
Electronic Media (GFEM), suggest that commercial interests continue to
dominate media. Within a 12-month period, more commercial money was
invested in a single Hollywood blockbuster than was invested in all
public service media by three of the largest philanthropic donors
combined: the Ford Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. read more
GFEM Pictures + Words
This section of the GFEM Web site contains audio and video recordings from GFEM sponsored funder briefings.
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