Blogs
The Public Media Corps Gathers Steam
Currently in its pilot phase, the National Black Programming Consortium's Public Media Corps project (PMC) is designed to increase broadband adoption and public media creation in underserved communities. Read more...
Putting the "So What?" in Social Media
Over the summer, I've been noticing a perceptible shift at conferences and presentations about the role that social media is playing in journalism, government, and and civic engagement. Instead of "Gee whiz!" and "No way!" I'm hearing a lot more "For who?" and "So what?"Read more...
New Pew Report Disputes Claims that Web Makes us Dumber
On July 9th, New York Times columnist David Brooks suggested:Read more...
Fair Use Question of the Month: Right to Privacy vs. Fair Use
I've made a video where I claim fair use on a film clip that features a celebrity. I'm confident that it's fair use--I've transformed it from its original context, and been careful to take just the amount I needed. I hope to release this work commercially. But can the celebrity then say "I acknowledge the clip was protected by fair use, but using my likeness to make money from this film isn't fair use"? In other words, does a celebrity's right to benefit from his or her likeness trump a filmmaker's fair use rights?
How Can Creative Policymaking Support New Forms of Public Media?
So far, 2010 has been a banner year for analysts and policymakers concerned with the role of media in democracy. But now, we're in a bit of a holding pattern, waiting on two major reports from the FCC and the FTC. Will the agencies seize the opportunity to help construct a more innovative, participatory media system, or will they hang back?
Register now for "Beyond the Buzz: Why Public Media Need Social Networking"
Learn how social networking can help you engage more deeply with your community in a webinar presented by NCME in partnership with the Center for Social Media. Noted media thinkers Deanna Zandt (author of Share This!) and Jessica Clark (director of the Future of Public Media Project at American University's Center for Social Media) discuss how public media can draw upon their natural assets to grow audience and deepen the relevance and impact of public media through social networking.
Cory Doctorow and the Future of the Internet
Cory Doctorow lit up the room at the New America Foundation June 28. Talking to a packed roomful of passionate policy-wonk devotees, he argued that big entertainment media companies are trying to torque the future of the Internet in order to make it safe for them to use an outmoded business model. Read more...
Silverdocs Conference—Launches and Pitches
The Silverdocs International Documentary Conference again brought together producers, funders and brokers of all kinds to track hot issues and changing trends. The event featured challenges facing people who aspire to make media that matters.Read more...
Social-Issue Films at Silverdocs--Well Crafted, Well Targeted
Can the well-crafted social-issue film survive in an increasingly polarized production environment, tending toward the scrappy YouTube video on one end and the IMAX special on the other? I saw several excellent examples this year at the AFI/Discovery Documentary Film Festival-- On Coal River, Waiting for “Superman”, Budrus and The Tillman Story.
