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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.

Building Social Media Infrastructure to Engage Publics: Twitter Vote Report and Inauguration Report '09

July 8, 2009 - The Center for Social Media today announced a new field report that reviews Twitter Vote Report and Inauguration Report '09 -- two projects that demonstrated the potential of ...

Don’t Forget the Ethnic Media

By Elizabeth R. Miller, Senior Program Associate, The Overbrook Foundation

New Media Makers: A Toolkit for Innovators in Community Media and Grant Making

This learning module is filled with original reporting that will help you learn about the innovative community news initiatives that are cropping up around the United States - and securing grants ...

A.P. in Deal to Deliver Nonprofits’ Journalism

[Source: New York Times, by Richard Perez-Pena; June 15, 2009] Four nonprofit groups devoted to investigative journalism will have their work distributed by The Associated Press, The A.P. will ...

Foundations Invest in Watchdog Reporting as Group Considers National Investigative Network

[Source: Poynter Online, by David Westphal; Jun. 29, 2009] There's a new conventional wisdom about foundation-funded journalism: It's going to be bigger than most anyone imagined.How big? Well, ...

Philanthropy New York June Film Screening: "Smile Pinki"

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 5:30pm - 8:00pm
New York, NY

Chicken & Egg Pictures Open Call: Now Open for Submissions

Deadline June 30, 2009Chicken & Egg Pictures is a hybrid film fund and nonprofit production company dedicated to supporting women filmmakers who are as passionate about the craft of ...

4 Ways Social Media is Changing the Nonprofit World

[Source: Mashable, by Beth Kanter]

Games for Change Announces the Finalists for the First Annual Knight News Game Awards

Annual festival to honor the most innovative games addressing critical social issues[Source: Games for Change, posted by Mark Smith, May 22, 2009]