[Source: WIMN’s Voices, by Carolyn Byerly, July 12, 2011]
As a result of a court decision last week, women and people of color have an open door to advocate for media policy that will serve to expand their media ownership.
[Source: indieWIRE, by Basil Tsiokos, July 14, 2011]
For this edition of indieWIRE at Hulu Docs - iW‘s regular curation of Hulu’s Documentaries page - we’re very loosely tying into this month’s connection with patriotism and national celebration by ...
[Source: International Documentary Association, by Thomas White, July 10, 2011]
Social issue documentaries such as An Inconvenient Truth and Food Inc. have made major inroads at the box office, and thanks to the vital work of Participant Media, Sundance Institute, The Good ...
[Source: KSRO, by Christina Hoag (Associated Press), July 10, 2011]
Eighteen-year-old Alejandro Rojas is tired of how outsiders view his neighborhood of Boyle Heights as a hub of gang violence and housing projects. "We have good things but you have to look for ...
[Source: Wired, by Ryan Singel, July 1, 2011]
If you think the Obama administration’s stimulus package is about digging ditches, you’d be right — at least when it comes to funding broadband efforts in rural areas.
Take for instance the ...
[Source: Daily Yonder, by Miranda Kessel, June 23, 2011]
Seven out of ten 911 emergency calls are made from mobile phones. What happens in rural areas when the cell phone coverage runs out?Ask rural residents where cell phone service is scarce, and ...
[Source: Public Radio Makers Quest 2.0, by Jessica Clark, June 15, 2011]
Weighing in at a hefty 475 pages of densely packed text, the latest FCC report, The Information Needs of Communities, is unlikely to replace your summer beach reading. But it does offer some key ...
[Source: International Documentary Association, by IDA Editorial Staff, June 12, 2011]
The IDA joined forces with a coalition of media arts organizations and independent filmmakers to lend their names to an amicus brief filed on their behalf by entertainment attorney Michael C. ...