From Pop Culture to Public Benefit: Funding Entertainment that Creates Change
This month’s MIF network meeting featured a discussion with Luminate’s Kristel Muciño, Cinereach’s Candice McFarlane, and Common Era’s Yonah Schiller on how philanthropy can strategically engage in the public-benefit entertainment space. We talked about what public-benefit entertainment is, why it matters, and how funders can use it to advance mission and impact and explored entry […]
Options for Responding to Emergency Funding Needs | MIF Network Meeting
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Navigating Legal Boundaries in Media Support & Advocacy | Safeguarding Media & Journalism Meeting
During our latest Safeguarding Media and Journalism meeting, we discussed the complex questions funders face about what is—and isn’t—permissible when supporting media and journalism in today’s shifting legal and policy landscape. We heard from Maya Raghu—Director of the Protecting and Advancing Diversity Equity, and Inclusion Initiative at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law—who […]
The New Realities of Documentary Funding | MIF Network Meeting
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Reflections from the 2025 Media Impact Forum
Throughout the first half of this year, Media Impact Funders and our members have focused a tremendous amount of our attention to the myriad ways in which media and journalism are contending with challenges from the new administration. And so it made sense for us to devote our annual Media Impact Forum this year to […]
Watch videos from the 2025 Media Impact Forum
The media landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. Influencers aren’t just trendsetters anymore; they’re newsmakers who are reshaping how we consume and interpret information. With nearly 40% of young adults turning to influencers to make sense of current events, the lines between journalism, commentary, and influencer are blurring. How news is consumed and how stories […]