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October 9, 2008 -
Video
Jake Shapiro of Public Radio Exchange
Public Radio Exchange, which provides independently-produced audio programming to public radio stations for broadcast and online use, was one of eight recipients of the MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective Institutions in 2008.
Read MoreJune 11, 2008 -
Video
Gordon Quinn, Kartemquin Films
Gordon Quinn, Kartemquin Films, 2007 recipient of the MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective Institutions.
Read MoreJune 9, 2008 -
From the field
Tribeca Film Institute Launches Reframe Project
Tribeca Film Institute, a nonprofit organization serving independent filmmakers and media artists, today announced the launch of Reframe. Read More
April 15, 2008 -
From the field
Frontline Documentary Sets Online Viewing Record
"Bush’s War,”a PBS Frontline documentary on the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, was viewed online a record-setting 1.5 million times. Read More
February 26, 2008 -
Press release
Renewed Support for American Documentary | P.O.V.
MacArthur has given a grant of $1,500,000 over the next three years to support the P.O.V series and related online and education activities through 2010. Read More
November 28, 2007 -
Press release
NewsTrust.net Expands with MacArthur Support
In a press release issued today, the non-profit social news network NewsTrust.net announced it will use a multi-year grant from MacArthur Foundation to expand its 'Web 2.0' news review services and offer them to ... Read More
November 18, 2007 -
From the field
Groups Monitor Blogging, Internet Activity During Pakistani Emergency
The MacArthur-supported OpenNet Initiative has been reviewing Pakistani blogs, since President Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency last week. ONI’s research, which is widely cited, finds that “the amount of live blogging taking place ... Read More
October 15, 2007 -
Press release
MacArthur Supports New Nonprofit Investigative News Organization
A new, non-partisan, non-profit newsroom producing journalism in the public interest will launch here in January under the name ProPublica. Read More
October 3, 2007 -
From the field
Grantees Receive Emmy Awards
MacArthur grantees P.O.V. and Frontline received awards at this year's News and Documentary Emmy Awards presentation. Frontline and Frontline/World also received four competitive awards, including one for "Outstanding Investigative Journalism―Long Form ... Read More
July 5, 2007 -
Press release
PBS' "Frontline" Receives $5 Million from MacArthur
PBS Frontline today announced a $5 million grant from MacArthur for its Frontline documentary series and its companion international newsmagazine FRONTLINE/World. Read More
April 9, 2007 -
From the field
Wide Angle launches its sixth season on July 3, 2007
Wide Angle is a prime-time PBS documentary series on international affairs presented by WNET Channel 13 in New York and supported in part by MacArthur. Its season runs from July 3 to September 11. This year ... Read More
February 21, 2007 -
From the field
Bay Area Video Coalition Announces New Program for Independent Film Producers
In January, at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, the Bay Area Video Coalition announced the launch of the Producers Institute for New Media Technologies, a ten-day residency program for independent producers. During the ... Read More
August 1, 2006 -
From the field
Wide Angle Begins Fifth Season
Wide Angle, a MacArthur-funded news documentary series of WNET, began its fifth season this summer. The series consists of 45-minute documentaries on under-reported stories from around the world, followed by interviews with a variety of experts ... Read More
July 26, 2006 -
Press release
New MacArthur Grants To Support Innovative Media
MacArthur, a longtime supporter of public radio and television, announced two new grants to help bring quality information to U.S. audiences about other parts of the world. Read More
June 13, 2006 -
From the field
P.O.V. Announces Its 19th Season
P.O.V., the longest-running independent documentary series on American television, commences its 19th season on Tuesday, June 27, 2006, with the broadcast of "No More Tears Sister," a film about the Sri Lankan human rights ... Read More
