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.

The Color of News: How Different Media Have Covered the General Election

[Source: Journalism.org] Wednesday, October 29, 2008 — Where one goes for news about the presidential campaign makes a real difference, according to a study of campaign coverage released today by ...

Films for the 2009 Council on Foundations Film & Video Festival Announced

The Film and Video Festival Committee of the Council on Foundations and GFEM have selected an unprecedented number of films to premiere in May at the 2009 Council on Foundations Annual conference in Atlanta

Welcome to the New World of Distribution

By Peter Broderick [Source: peterbroderick.com] (This article first appeared in indieWIRE, September 16 & 17, 2008)

Kaiser Study Finds Health Content Placed in Grey's Anatomy Episode Quadrupled Awareness Among Audience

[Source: KFF.org] September 16, 2008, Washington, D.C. - Most viewers who tune in each night to television’s top-rated sitcoms and dramas do so because they want to be entertained, but according ...

Public Radio Makers Quest 2.0 Urges Producers to “Shape The Sound Of Tomorrow”

September 19, 2008 - AIR leads effort to support radio makers who engage listeners in new ways

TRACES OF THE TRADE Encore Screenings at the Family Philanthropy Conference

Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 6:00pm - 9:30pm

Indianapolis, IN

NYRAG Launches Documentary Film Series: A Conversation with Orlando Bagwell

September 15, 2008 – Today the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers launches its first ever Documentary Film Series, a screening program aimed specifically at funders.

Media Conference on the Election of the President

Monday, October 13, 2008 - 12:30pm - Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 5:00pm

New York, NY

'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

RealAbilities Film Festival

Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 12:00am - Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 12:00am