Programs/Content
How Kartemquin Films and public broadcasting built a legacy of democratic storytelling
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Since Kartemquin’s founding in 1966, public broadcasting came to be the production company’s most dependable ally, and sometimes its savior.
System/Policy
How public TV can strengthen its alliance with independent filmmakers
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A new report from the Center for Media & Social Impact reveals passions and pains of the creative community’s relationship with public TV.
Programs/Content
How documentaries can help communities navigate difficult conversations
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A new study from the Center for Media & Social Impact finds that by hosting screenings of documentary films, public TV stations can guide participants to “breakthrough moments.”
Programs/Content
Can ‘public podcasting’ maintain its lead?
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The rise of centralizing platforms could pose a threat to podcasts that embody the public media mission.
System/Policy
After historic efforts to weaken pubmedia, ‘just be amazed that anything gets done’
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The decentralized, financially dependent structure of public broadcasting is “a feature, not a bug.”
Programs/Content
What America do public TV’s documentaries represent?
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A new study finds that documentaries co-produced and funded by the Independent Television Service are made by women and people of color more often than other forms of media.