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[Source: Soul Beat, February 8, 2011]
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SXSW 2011 Funder Resources

GFEM is very pleased to offer a selection of articles to help frame the exciting (and somewhat overwhelming) experience of SXSW. SXSW 2011 Sessions and Films | GFEM Staff ...

Memo to Newspapers: Incremental Change is Not Helping

[Source: GigaOm, by Mathew Ingram, February 28, 2011]
Making the transition from being traditional print publishers to digital-first media outlets hasn’t been easy for newspapers — in fact, many have stubbornly resisted, and tried to dip their toes ...

Five Twitter Users Public Media Should Follow

[Source: NCME Blog, by Bryce Kirchoff, February 23, 2011]
There is a wealth of smart public media practitioners active on Twitter and other social media. A list of “Tweeps” from the 2010 Public Media Camp in D.C. contains more than 200 names alone.

Five Links Looking at the Digital Divide

[Source: Arts Journal, by Jean Cook, February 17, 2011]
What is the Digital Divide? Depends on who you ask.The digital divide, like many other economic or social problems, is a global issue. “From the most switched-on countries such as Sweden to the ...

Q&A: Jeff Chang

[Source: Arts Journal, by Jean Cook, February 20, 2011]
Interview with Jeff Chang, author of the forthcoming "Who We Be: The Colorization of America"What’s the piece of news this week that is in the forefront of your mind when you think about ...

Libyans Turn to YouTube to Circumvent Media Blackout

[Source: GigaOm, by Janko Roettgers, February 23, 2011]
If you were ever doubtful about the disruptive power of online video, consider this: Libyan border guards have started to frisk people leaving the country for recording equipment, “systematically ...

Oprah and OWN Give Documentaries a Lift at Sundance

[Source: Reuters, by Bob Tourtellotte, January 23, 2011]
Park City, Utah - Media mogul Oprah Winfrey vowed to bring documentary movies into homes across the United States on her new OWN television network in an effort she likened to her hugely ...

Sundance 2011: Summing Up, That Antic Spirit Still Shines Through

[Source: The Los Angeles Times, by Kenneth Turan, January 31, 2011]
The festival's documentary and foreign language films prove impressive.

Low-Power FM Radio to Gain Space on the Dial

[Source: The New York Times, by Brian Stelter, January 24, 2011]
OPELOUSAS, La. — When John Freeman turned on his car radio one recent day and tuned to KOCZ, the voice he heard was a 2-year-old girl’s.It belonged to Nyla Belton, the daughter of the afternoon ...