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LEF Foundation Announces 2008 Moving Image Fund Awards

LEF Foundation continues its support of the New England independent film community with $300,000 in new production grants The LEF Foundation has announced its 2008 Moving Image Fund grants awarded ...
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Facing Realities: Dialogues in Boston Documentary Filmmaking

Thursday, June 12, 2008 - 6:30pm
Boston, MA

Highlights from the National Conference for Media Reform

Whether or not you were able to join GFEM's delegation to Minneapolis last week, you can see and hear the plenaries and over 60 panel presentations - including Bill Moyers, Naomi Klein, Dan ...

Community Information Needs, Access to be Studied by New Knight Commission

This high-level Knight Commission will look into whether the information needs of 21st century American citizens and communities are being met and make recommendations for public policy and ...
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Video Toolkit Available from Annie E. Casey Foundation

GFEM member, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, has created a toolkit for use by grantees in their Making Connections sites. The aim is to maximize the use of video to communicate ideas, capture ...

Knight Foundation, Council on Foundations Present Forum and Website: "Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy"

The Knight Foundation and the Council on Foundations co-presented this groundbreaking convening for funders to explore the community impacts of media changes brought on by the "digital ...

Media Justice Fund Goes International

By Hye-Jung Park, Media Justice Fund Program Officer, and Charlene Allen, Deputy Director of the Funding Exchange:During the last year we've joined U.S. delegations to attend Freedom of Expression ...

Benton Foundation Rebuts Administration's Broadband Findings, Suggests Roadmap for Universal Access

The Benton Foundation issued the "fact check" one-pager, More than Rhetoric Needed, in response to the Bush Administration's late January report claiming success in meeting the ...