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PBS and NPR Leadership Face Accusations of News Bias During U.S. House DOGE Subcommittee, While Documentaries Mostly Escape Scrutiny
At Wednesday morning’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) subcommittee hearing, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, joined by several House
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Exclusive: PBS Indies Nominate Twelve 2024 Wyncote Fellows, Hosted by AmDoc at PBS Annual Meeting
American Documentary, the nonprofit organization behind POV, POV Shorts , and America ReFramed , announces the 12 selected Wyncote Fellows who will
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Documentary Is Our Public Square: Keynote Address from Hot Springs’ Inaugural Filmmaker Forum
Editor’s Note: On October 9, the first day of Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival’s two-day Filmmaker Forum, Darcy McKinnon delivered the following
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“We Have to Differentiate Ourselves”: Carrie Lozano Discusses ITVS’s Role in Public Media
In August, ITVS welcomed new CEO and President Carrie Lozano to lead the San Francisco-based nonprofit that has, for over 30 years, funded and
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Redford Center and Black Public Media Partner for Climate Stories Open Call
Black Public Media announced a new partnership with The Redford Center for its upcoming 2023 open call for production funding. BPM will award a total
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Two medical workers from Yung Chang’s ‘Wuhan Wuhan’ wear masks, bodysuits, and face shields with printed images of themselves on their chests in order to still be recognizable under all their safety wear. Courtesy of Stars Collective Films Entertainment Group Inc.
As 'POV' Turns 35, Executive Producer Erika Dilday Speaks about the PBS Nonfiction Showcase
POV, the longest-running showcase of independent documentaries on PBS, turns 35 this year. Its executive producer since May 2021, Erika Dilday, had
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Mable Haddock is a Black woman with a brown headband and a black shirt; she is seated at a table at a conference. Courtesy of Sharon La Cruise.
Remembering Mable Haddock: Fierce Advocate, Unforgettable Leader, Guardian of Collective Legacy
BY Tom White & Bedatri D. Choudhury
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Public Media at a Precipice: A Call for Commitment to Transformative Change
This past year, a respected colleague who had attended many industry events with executives from public television noted to me how, "They choose not
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Reclaiming the Power of Public Media | Getting Real '20
In this moment of increasing monopolization by commercial networks and distributors, what lessons can today’s filmmakers learn from the economic
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#IDAActionAlert: Preserve Funding for the Arts, Humanities and Public Media!
URGENT! If you care about the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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