The School of Visual Arts in New York City launched its Masters of Fine Arts in Social Documentary in 2009. Now in its seventh year, the program
Education
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In 2014, Northwestern University announced the launch of a new Master of Fine Arts in Documentary Media, to be housed in the School of Communications
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The University of Texas at Austin offered its first degree in broadcasting in 1939. In 1965, the university formed its Department of Radio-Television
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An interview with IDA's Michael Lumpkin and Ken Jacobson
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North Carolina is a "right to work" state, which is part of her independent charm for documentary filmmakers, but also her challenge. There are no
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Jeff Blitz and Sean Welch created new fans for the National Spelling Bee with their thrilling documentary Spellbound, which now ranks fifth on the
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Author, educator and filmmaker Michael Rabiger sees a bright future for the documentary. "There has never been a better time to become a documentarian
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In September 2013, I traveled to Morocco as a film envoy for the American Film Showcase (AFS), a partnership between the US Department of State's
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The University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC), tucked between mountains and the redwoods of the central Pacific coast, is famous for its
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The American Film Showcase in Israel and Palestinian Territories.