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.

Fledgling Fund Grant Announcement

Twitter Provides a Conduit for News from Quake-Devastated Haiti

[Source: San Jose Mercury News, by Patrick May; January 13, 2010]

Social Media Aids Efforts to Help Victims of Earthquake in Haiti

[Source: Chronicle of Philanthropy, by Caroline Preston, January 13, 2010]
People interested in helping victims of the earthquake that wracked Haiti are being encouraged to text and tweet their donations and publicize their support using the new technologies. At the same ...

Reflecting on Public Media 2.0 in 2009 and Looking Ahead to 2010

[Source: Center for Social Media; December 22, 2009]This year at the Center for Social Media we featured some truly innovative projects in the Public Media 2.0 Showcase.

Journalism’s Main Priorities in 2010 - and 10 Resolutions

[Source: The Media Consortium, by Tracy Van Slyke and Josh Stearns; December 18, 2009]

MQ2 Takes Public Media to the Streets

Take an 8-minute tour of the revolutionary and participatory models launched by the Association of Independents in Radio's (AIR) inventive MQ2 talent and funded by CPB. The MQ2 projects are ...

Video: The Social Media Revolution

Is social media a fad? Or is it the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution?

What’s the job for the Public Media Corps?

[Source: Current, by Nonso Christian Ugbode; Dec. 14, 2009] The setting is not ideal for video recording — an intimate din of 30 people, clinking our dinnerware and participating in ...