Jun 1, 2023
Michael Sheridan, founder and director of Community Supported Film (CSFilm), was invited to offer a keynote address at Falmouth Community Media’s (FCTV) 30th anniversary event. The event was attended by FCTV staff and community as well as local and state...
Feb 22, 2023
After decades of shrinking revenues, and an increasing expectation among consumers that journalism should be free, the global media industry has reached a crisis point. As legacy news outlets shut down or lay off staff, misinformation and conspiracy theories run...
Feb 22, 2023
In southern Mexico, women filmmakers train their lenses on their communities and beyond, and the film establishment is taking notice. After the 1994 [Zapatista] uprising, a boom in documentary films focused on indigenous themes and communities — but the overwhelming...
Dec 23, 2022
As journalists and local news organizations, we have recognized over the past few years that we have too often lost touch with the basic civic information needs of our communities. It is difficult for citizens to engage with either news media or government without the...
Dec 8, 2022
Refugees of the Moria camp in Lesvos, Greece are behind the camera in the film Nothing About Us Without Us. One of the pressing complaints about Western journalism is that traveling reporters drop into the scene where a story is unfolding, tell only a fraction of it,...
