Stories from the Field

A Little Goes A Long Way

By Michael Hoffman----The Impact of Documentation Online video is changing the world. It is providing a window for policy makers and average citizens to connect to the critical work that is being ...

Internet Overtakes Newspapers as News Source

[Source: pewresearch.org] December 23, 2008 - The Internet, which emerged this year as a leading source for campaign news, has now surpassed all other media except television as a main source for ...

A First-Time Filmmaker Shares Strategies for Award-Winning Filmmaking and Effective Impact

The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation saw the potential for the extraordinary film Including Samuel to show how everyday heroes show up in our schools and our communities. ...

New Blog on Foundations & Web 2.0

Communications Network and Brotherton Strategies have launched a new companion blog as a follow up to their recent report “Come On In. The Water’s Fine,” which provides insights into the use of ...

Welcome to the New World of Distribution

By Peter Broderick [Source: peterbroderick.com] (This article first appeared in indieWIRE, September 16 & 17, 2008)

Kaiser Study Finds Health Content Placed in Grey's Anatomy Episode Quadrupled Awareness Among Audience

[Source: KFF.org] September 16, 2008, Washington, D.C. - Most viewers who tune in each night to television’s top-rated sitcoms and dramas do so because they want to be entertained, but according ...

Public Radio Makers Quest 2.0 Urges Producers to “Shape The Sound Of Tomorrow”

September 19, 2008 - AIR leads effort to support radio makers who engage listeners in new ways

NYRAG Launches Documentary Film Series: A Conversation with Orlando Bagwell

September 15, 2008 – Today the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers launches its first ever Documentary Film Series, a screening program aimed specifically at funders.

Latinos and Public Broadcasting / A Brown Paper

In a "Brown Paper" that marked its launch in 2007, the Latino Public Radio Consortium noted that the nation's Latino population ...

'Traces of the Trade' and Philanthropy

[Source: Philanthropy News Digest, a service of the Foundation Center]  By Kathryn Pyle, an independent film producer and a frequent contributor to PhilanTopic, the PND blog