Media Impact

It’s taken a little time to fathom that Woody Wickham is really gone. Woody, who was a funder and mentor of many media arts efforts over the last 25 years, had a resurgence of a gall bladder cancer and passed away with dignity in Chicago last month. He was 66 years old. His legacies are everywhere in the world of public media. This year’s Making Your Media Matter conference at the Center for Social Media is dedicated to him.Read more...

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Social issue documentary filmmakers are forging new tools, pipelines and circuits of circulation in a multiplatform digital environment. In a new article for the center, "Social Issue Documentary: The Evolution of Public Engagement," I examine the campaigns surrounding Not in Our Town, Lioness, and State of Fear to uncover emerging practices.Read more...

I attended the Sundance Film Festival this past weekend touting the Documentary Filmmaker's Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use, and our upcoming Making Your Media Matter conference. I shared the table at the lodge on Sunday with our friends at Arte East, an NYC nonprofit that supports and promotes artists from the Middle East.Read more...

On Wednesday November 19th Magnum Photographer Bruce Gilden spoke to a crowd filled theater as part of the Centers' Camera as Catalyst lecture series. Topics included Coney Island, Fashion photography, Haiti and the beginnings of his next project- foreclosures. At first I did not know what to expect. I watched a clip of Bruce that was on YouTube as the camera operator followed him on the streets of NY while Gilden photographed. Read more...