Tag: Independent producers
Are we here for 11% of the public or for all of it?
Usually the only speakers in the “public comment” period after an NPR Board meeting are several regional reps of stations, but they were ...Hinojosa & Collins: high hopes for partnership in the cloud
The host of Latino USA for all of its 17 years, Maria Hinojosa, is now its proprietor, too, along with producer Sean Collins, her ...Purposeful Loni Ding
Loni Ding, 78, a filmmaker who brought issues of Asian American identity to the surface, and to PBS, and helped win legislation ...Output of Makers Quest turning up on air, online
These projects were the spawn of Makers Quest 2.0, a CPB-funded, $500,000 initiative, organized by the Association of Independents in Radio (AIR), ...Why fund a whole doc?
Few docs as substantial as The Principal Story, which airs on P.O.V. Sept. 15, are funded in full by a single angel, but this one ...Woody Wickham, 66
Woodward A. (Woody) Wickham, 66, a strong supporter of independent documentary films and public media producers, died of cancer Jan. 18 [2009] ...Once the feisty advocate for indies, AIVF fades to black
The Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers, a 30-year-old group that coordinated activism and provided networking and training for independent filmmakers, shuttered ...Good isn’t good enough — our best is ahead
Public radio is hitting home runs, but it can do better. Producer and StoryCorps founder Dave Isay says public radio is entering ...Obituary: Larry Hall, 74, advocate for independent producers
A leading advocate for independent producers and openness in the governance of public broadcasting, Laurence S. Hall died Feb. 21 [2004] after ...Wiseman at work in Idaho state legislature
The Idaho Legislature is the subject of Frederick Wiseman’s next cinema verite documentary. Starting with his controversial film Titicut Follies in 1967, Wiseman ...Twin ITVS goals: capturing diversity on videotape, getting it seen
Last year was a good year for the Independent Television Service. ITVS had weathered its first 10 years as a funder and ...Video center chief Fifer will lead ITVS
ITVS, the CPB-funded organization operating in the tricky middle-ground between independent filmmakers and public TV stations, has appointed a leader in the ...Audio producer David Isay: Curiosity . . . respect . . . trust
... David Isay, along with a growing number of gifted documentary-makers, are now experiencing the satisfaction of creating serious inquiries into contemporary ...James Yee succumbs after long struggle with cancer
James T. Yee, former executive director of the Independent Television Service (ITVS) died March 17 in Piedmont, Calif., after an 18-month battle ...AIR Code Of Fair Practices for Working with Freelance Radio Producers
Issued by the Association of Independents in Radio (AIR) and the Producers’ Advocacy Group, June 1999, and revised Jan. 23, 2001. PDF. INTRODUCTION: ...
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