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Amazing things are happening across the country. And they can be seen in the stories of newcomers to the United States. New Routes to Community... View video
Working with SEAMAAC staff members and Craig Santoro from WHYY TV 12, Elder Council members learn to conduct interviews and how to use video equipment.... read more
66.8% of Internet users across the globe accessed “member communities” last year, compared to 65.1% for email. Facebook is the top social network in all... read more
I believe the personal is political. And over the years I have found more safety and freedom in speaking up for what I believe and... read more
After watching the Abriendo las Cajas videos, I was struck by how powerful it is to speak your truth. Just telling your story is the... read more
Online network of ethnic citizen journalists in L.A. launches today, a project of New America Media and the Ford Foundation. read more
Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media have launched a database site where grant makers who want to support media projects can anonymously peruse all sorts... read more
National Public Radio's ombudsman Alicia C. Shephard responds to station and listener queries about a new :10 second funding credit that will run on NPR... read more
The Muslim Cultural Competence Project (The MC2 PROJECT) is an online internet resource dedicated to improving the access and quality of services between health and... Visit website
View a short video explaining "white spaces" and learn about a different, but important vote taking place November 4th. The FCC Commission is scheduled to... read more
CAAAELII stands for Coalition of African, Arab, Asian, European, & Latino Immigrants of Illinois. Their mission is to strengthen diverse voices of inter-generational immigrant and... Visit website
The story of Boubacar Bah, a Guinean tailor held in a New Jersey jail for overstaying his visa, is the story behind a controversial online... read more
The "Undocumented" project heads directly behind-the-scenes into the
world of illegal immigration. We sent our cameras to over 25 cities
across the country over 4 months--raising the... View video
Download the September issue of Andy Goodman's newsletter to learn better ways to give your site visitors the information they want. It's a Q&A with... Visit website
Here’s a great example of the interconnectedness of social networks on the Web: On Twitter yesterday I got news from Amy Sample Ward of an... read more
“On Wednesday, September 24th 2008 at 3:00 pm (EST), The Office of HIV/AIDS
Policy's AIDS.gov will conduct a 30-minute webinar, ‘Underserved Populations
and New Media... read more
I got a personal boost when Melissa Gonzalez of Latinos Progresando (LP) told me that LP had been awarded 4 days of media training from... read more
Volunteers from our New Routes grantees and the national program office met today on a conference call to critique a new home page and project... read more
Fair Use Remix Institute (FURI) is a two week digital media workshop for socially-conscious Chicago teens in which youth create several video remixes and mashups... read more
Here's a great resource for non-profit folks who are moving into the Web 2.0 world of non-profit blogging. Beth Kanter sorts through some ideas about... read more
I am excited to have the chance to help revise our home page. I'm trying to put into practice content merchandising I learned from Jeff... read more
This headline appeared on Alternet today: Despite Negative Press, Facebook Is a Powerful Agent for Social Change, but even this positive spin on the world... read more
This short Rad Campaign article presents the basics of Social networking principles with some wisdom from Beth Kanter and Holly Ross.
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Helen De Michiel, the national co-director of the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC), based in San Francisco writes in the San Francisco... read more
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This report (PDF 3.8MB) offers guidance for community organizations and those who fund social change in how best to harness the power of local media-making for community health improvement. Spanish-language version is now available. Una versión en español de este informe esta en la web.
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