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Two New Reports Help You Assess The Impact of Your Media

[Source: Center for Social Media, May 10, 2010]
Throughout the spring, the Center for Social Media (CSM) and The Media Consortium (TMC) drew together dozens of leading public interest media makers, funders and researchers in Chicago, ...

Lucasfilm Animation Singapore

[Source: Open Spaces, by Patricia Zimmermann, May 6, 2010]
Blog written by Patricia Zimmermann, Shaw Foundation Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and codirector, Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival.Old Hollywood/New Hollywood

Chevron Allowed to Subpoena Film

[Source: The New York Times, by Dave Itzkoff, May 6, 2010]
A federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday ruled that Chevron could subpoena footage from a documentary about the pollution of the Amazon rainforests of Ecuador and the oil company’s involvement.

The Evolution of Philanthropy in the Digital Age

[Source: National Arts Marketing Project, by Thomas Ogletree, May 6, 2010]
"What business entrepreneurs are to the economy, social entrepreneurs are to social change. They are the driven, creative individuals who question the status quo, exploit new opportunities, refuse ...

Association of Independents in Radio at the FCC's "Public and Other Noncommercial Media in the Digital Era" Event

As part of its project on the Future of Media and the Information Needs of Communities, the Federal Communications Commission held a workshop on April 30, 2010 in Washington, D.C., on ...

Alyce Myatt Discusses "Funding Media, Strengthening Democracy" on Media Minutes

[Source: Media Minutes, by Free Press, April 30, 2010]
GFEM's Alyce Myatt highlights the need for funder education and awareness about the importance of funding media

Strengthening Democracy Means Funding Independent Media

[Source: Huffington Post, by Rory O'Connor, April 29, 2010]
While it's surely gratifying that a surprising number of nonprofit media outfits, such as Pro Publica, the Texas Tribune and the Center for Independent Media, have not only cropped up but actually ...

No Impact Week Film Highlights HuffPost Readers' Participation

[Source: Huffington Post, April 23, 2010]
Working Films made a short documentary about The No Impact Project, the experiment of Colin Beavan, aka No Impact Man, to inspire and encourage people to take a one-week challenge of living a ...

The Wallace Foundation to Receive GFEM’s First-Ever Woodward A. Wickham Award for Excellence in Media Philanthropy

[Source: Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media, April 21, 2010]
Baltimore, MD - Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media is pleased to announce The Wallace Foundation as the recipient of the inaugural Woodward A. Wickham Award for Excellence in Media ...

The GFEM Media Database | Spotlight on PEACE AND SECURITY

A sampling of media projects related to Peace and Security from the GFEM Media Database can be found below.  Explore many more by typing your keywords into the search box at the top left at ...