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  1. Public Media's Women and Girls Lead Campaign Hits PBS Airwaves this Fall

    September 15, 2011

    A pipeline of more than 50 documentaries over three years begins in October 2011 with thousands of local events and high-profile gatherings nationwide planned through 2012. ITVS announced the rollout of major national PBS broadcasts for its Women and Girls Lead campaign on Thursday. The three-year public media initiative will educate, focus, and…

  2. Murdoch Meltdown Solidifies the Value of Public Media

    September 5, 2011

    Sally Jo Fifer calls on public media leaders to put “new technology to work for a public interest free from the gravity of profit.”Information is valuable. It’s valuable to those of us working in public media and it’s valuable to Rupert Murdoch, who started out owning a single Australian afternoon tabloid newspaper and ended up building the $33 billion News…

  3. Filmmaker Johnny Symons on Public Media

    August 31, 2011

    Filmmaker Johnny Symons dropped by ITVS earlier this year and described his experience working with the organization as an independent producer of Public Media. His documentary Daddy & Papa is currently streaming free as part of ITVS's Indies Showcase.

  4. The FCC Report on Information Needs of Communities: A Moment of Truth, Part II

    August 29, 2011

    Sally Jo Fifer explores how the FCC’s latest report on media and technology affects ITVS, independent producers, and the public media ecosystem.In Part One of this post, I talked about the Federal Communication Commission’s significant report on the impact of technology on the media landscape, ending with the question: What should we do?  And how does…

  5. Think Win-Win: Charles Meyer on NCME and Community Cinema

    August 25, 2011

    Executive Director of the National Center for Media Engagement (NCME) Charles Meyer outlines his organization's recently announced partnership with ITVS's Community Cinema.In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephan Covey’s fourth habit encourages, "Think Win-Win." As Covey points out – and as we’ve discovered in our community engagement…

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