Stories from the Field

"Crime After Crime" Documentary Film Review

[Source: The Huffington Post, by Zorianna Kit, July 1, 2011]
Crime After Crime was part of the 2011 Council on Foundations Film and Video Festival. To learn more about the COF Film and Video Festival selections, including Crime After Crime, click here.

CUNY J-School Acquires Community and Ethnic News Site

[Source: CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, June 2, 2011]
(NEW YORK) The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism is pleased to announce two major steps toward the development of a Center for Community and Ethnic Media. First, the School is acquiring Voices ...

PBS Proposes to Interrupt Primetime Shows with Promo and Underwriting Credits

[Source: Current.org, by Dru Sefton, May 18, 2011]
Stated objective is to keep viewers tuned in, not to add more underwriting spots ORLANDO — PBS will begin breaking into programs with underwriting and promo spots four times per hour on an ...

Kiefer Sutherland Proves Online Video Can Be Profitable

[Source: GigaOm, by Ryan Lawler, May 23, 2011]
The Confession, which was produced by Digital Broadcasting Group (DBG) and starred Kiefer Sutherland, was an ambitious project for an original web series: Deficit-financed and launched exclusively ...

Transmedia for Social Documentary

[Source: Future of Film, by Angelica Das, May 16, 2011]
Transmedia as a buzzword has taken on a life of its own beyond the film world, translating to mobile campaigns, television shows, advertising and even books. Whether called transmedia, ...

High Fiber

[Source: Need to Know, by Betsy Rate and Rick Karr, May 13, 2011]
The United States is where the Internet was born. But we’re falling behind in the race to the online future. Most of us go online these days using a service that’s called broadband – faster than ...

Weird Is Good: SXSW 2011

[Source: IDA Newsletter, by Patricia Aufderheide, April 15, 2011]
South by Southwest's March film festival in Austin, Texas (town motto: "Keep Austin Weird") provides, for documentary lovers, an exciting mix of the provocative, the innovative and the downright ...

GFEM | Council on Foundations' 2012 Film and Video Festival Program

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Now in its 45th year, the Council on Foundations Film + Video Festival is the premier showcase for grantmaker-funded media. This year’s slate of films embodies the dynamic power media can ...

Council on Foundations' Film and Video Festival

[Source: PhilanTopic, by Kathryn Pyle, April 7, 2011]
Attendees at this year's Council on Foundations conference (April 10–12) in Philadelphia will have the opportunity to view some excellent documentary films during the conference's Film and Video ...