Dear IDA Community, In 2015, American University’s Center for Media & Social Impact published, under the leadership of Pat Aufderheide, the landmark
Notes from the Reel World
Dear IDA Community, I’m sad to say that this will be my last time filling this little corner of Documentary magazine. After nine years of service on
Dear IDA Community, IDA recently announced some of the honorees that we'll be celebrating at this year's IDA Awards. It's an illustrious bunch whose
Dear IDA Community: Indulge me as I go off-script for a moment. For the last decade, I've been volunteering to transform our neighborhood's commercial
Dear IDA Community, At the IDA Awards last December, legendary producer Norman Lear said, "As we enter a very dangerous time in our country, with a
Dear Community, I had prepared a different column for you, but post election, everything is different. This nation is as divided as it can be. We've
Dear IDA Community, As we have been working these past few months to prepare for the biennial Getting Real ’16 documentary conference, I’ve been
Dear IDA Community, Like most people, I have been gripped by politics this year. Having recently been naturalized as an American citizen, I get to
Dear IDA Community, In January I had the honor of serving on the US Feature Documentary Jury at the Sundance Film Festival. While the 16 films we saw
Dear IDA Community, This past year, it's been hard to miss stories about our world facing up to diversity and equality problems. Thanks to a number of