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  1. Murdoch Meltdown Solidifies the Value of Public Media

    September 5, 2011

    Sally Jo Fifer calls on public media leaders to put “new technology to work for a public interest free from the gravity of profit.”Information is valuable. It’s valuable to those of us working in public media and it’s valuable to Rupert Murdoch, who started out owning a single Australian afternoon tabloid newspaper and ended up building the $33 billion News…

  2. Now on Indies Showcase: Lost Boys of Sudan

    September 5, 2011

    Emmy Award-nominated documentary from  Jon Shenk and Megan Mylan follows two young refugees of Sudan’s civil war through their first year in America. Lost Boys of Sudan streams free until Sept. 7 on ITVS's Indies Showcase. Orphaned as boys by Sudan's civil war, Peter Dut and Santino Chuor survived lion attacks and gunfire to reach a Kenyan refugee camp…

  3. Now on Indies Showcase: A Panther in Africa

    September 2, 2011

    The documentary by filmmaker Aaron Matthews is streaming free until Sunday, September 4 as part of ITVS's Indies Showcase. Pete O'Neal founded the Kansas City chapter of the Black Panthers before leaving America for Tanzania, where he has lived in exile for over 30 years. As he struggles to reconcile his future and the past, O'Neal has committed his life to…

  4. NCME's Charles Meyer on Diverse Voices

    September 1, 2011

    Charles Meyer, Executive Director of the National Center for Media Engagement (NCME), believes independent producers have a "special opportunity to broaden the conversation and widen the array of diverse perspectives that we bring to public media." Meyer's interview is one in a series of profiles BTB is conducing with public media figures to evaluate…

  5. Filmmaker Johnny Symons on Public Media

    August 31, 2011

    Filmmaker Johnny Symons dropped by ITVS earlier this year and described his experience working with the organization as an independent producer of Public Media. His documentary Daddy & Papa is currently streaming free as part of ITVS's Indies Showcase.

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