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Media Infrastructure
A high-speed, unfettered Internet, community-based media arts organizations, PBS, NPR, Public/Educational/Government (PEG) public access stations, or mobile phones are all a part of our media infrastructure—GFEM provides funders with information to help them in supporting media infrastructure, whether local, national, or international.
Grantmaking Foundations Using the Internet and New Technologies to Achieve their Missions
Amy Luckey, Senior Analyst at Blueprint Research & Design, Inc., has recent published an article for Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO), "Grantmaking 2.0: Using New Technology to Enhance Grantmaker Practices," highlighting four ways foundations can use the social networking capacity of the web. Find her report by clicking here.
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.
PEJ's Annual Report on American Journalism
[Source: PewResearch.org]
Introduction to the Full Report
Beyond The Art House: True Indies Find Real Theatrical Alternatives Outside Commercial Venues
by Steven Rosen (March 17, 2008)
[Source: indiewire.com]
$1.5 Million from Ford for Media Justice
The Funding Exchange’s Media Justice Fund announced that it has been awarded $1.5 million over two years by the Ford Foundation. The funds go to support grantmaking in the project’s National Office as well as a network of community foundations.
2008 Nonprofit Technology Conference
Date: March 19 - 21, 2008
Location: New Orleans, LA
More than 1,000 people will come together to connect with colleagues, learn about the issues, share their knowledge with others, and, of course, have fun.
The Nonprofit Road: It’s Paved Not with Gold, but with Good Journalism
The September/October issue of the Columbia Journalism Review features an article by Charles Lewis based on his April 2007 report, "The Growing Importance of Nonprofit Journalism," for the Harvard University Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. The article challenges philanthropy to help stablize the field of journalism in service to democracy.
Alliance for Community Media’s "Community Media & Social Justice"
Alliance for Community Media (ACM) is the national umbrella organization for nearly 3000 Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) Access Centers in the U.S. ACM's quarterly journal, Community Media Review (CMR), helps to advance ACM's mission of community media, media justice and public access television by providing a comprehensive overview of past, present and future issues critical to the Alliance and the community at large.
MacArthur Foundation Announces a Public Competition: Award $2 Million
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced a public competition that will award $2 million in funding to emerging leaders, communicators, and innovators shaping the field of digital media and learning. The Competition is designed to support pioneers who use new technologies to envision the future of learning.