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Grants Awarded to Three Bay Area News & Technology Experiments

[Source: February 10, 2010]
San Francisco – The Renaissance Journalism Center has awarded $20,000 grants to three Bay Area projects to test innovative models for gathering and distributing community news. The grants ...

New Rockefeller Foundation and Global Business Network Report: “Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development"

[Source: The Rockefeller Foundation and Global Business Network, May 27, 2010]
a new report, features four very different—yet very plausible—visions of how technology could profoundly alter how we address some of the most pressing challenges in the developing world.

Exploring a Networked Journalism Collaborative in Philadelphia: An Analysis of the City’s Media Ecosystem with Final Recommendations

The William Penn Foundation in Philadelphia commissioned J-Lab to conduct this study of the city’s media landscape and the state of public affairs reporting and make recommendations for a possible media investment strategy.  This report details J-Lab’s key findings and recommendations.

The Power of Video Advocacy: An Interview with the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union

[Source: Open Society, by Brett Davidson, May 6, 2010]
István Gábor Takács coordinates a very successful video advocacy program for the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU)—check out the HCLU website and its outstanding drug policy website, ...

For Your Grantees: New NEH Funding Initiative

The guidelines for Bridging Cultures through Film, a new grant opportunity at the National Endowment for the Humanities, are now available and can be found at ...

Local Foundations Buy Into WDUQ's Future

[Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, by Marylynne Pitz, May 5, 2010]
The Pittsburgh Foundation and three other local foundations have purchased a 60-day option on the WDUQ-FM radio license owned by Duquesne University, Grant Oliphant, president of the ...

Join ZeroDivide for Free at Netroots Nation 2010 Conference

ZeroDivide, in partnership with Netroots Nation, is hosting a competition to send 12 individuals to the upcoming Netroots Nation 2010 Conference July 22-25 in Las Vegas.  Their goal is to increase ...

Story Leads to Action: "The Campaign"

Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 7:30pm
New York, NY

Why Foundations of All Kinds Should Promote Internet Access

[Source: Ford Foundation, by Luis Ubiñas, April 4, 2010]
The Federal Communications Commission's release last month of the National Broadband Plan holds profound implications for all of us who are working to expand opportunity in America.

NBPC Launches Public Media Corps

The National Black Programming Consortium, a national public media organization with a 30-year track record of increasing capacity in minority communities, is launching a collaborative and ...