PARK CITY, Utah — When media funders talk about impact, what do they mean, and how do they demonstrate it? At the Sundance Film Festival, Media Impact Funders (MIF) released a new report, Funder Perspectives: Assessing Media Investments. It explores the multiple and sometimes overlapping lenses through which grantmakers view media evaluation, and confirms that […]

By Kelly Born | originally posted on the Hewlett Foundation’s blog I recently attended a conference in Chicago on how to improve statehouse reporting — looking not just at the reporters physically in our nation’s 50 state capitals, but also those covering the effects of Statehouse policies on agencies, departments, and the executive branch.

Media Impact Funders and Northern California Grantmakers held a funder briefing on the role of media policy and its impact on the health of our democracy to discuss what funders can and should be doing in this critical area. Read the Storify from the day. Former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps drew from his experience at […]