CMSI in the News

Center for Media & Social Impact (CMSI) to Receive $20,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

CMSI has been awarded an NEA Art Works grant for the study of present and future trends in the art and business of documentary storytelling.

CMSI’s ‘Rise-Up Media & Social Change’ Project featured at the 2018 International Social and Behavior Change Communication Summit

CMSI’s project with Univision was selected at the 2018 International Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit.

CMSI Community Voice Project Fellow Wins at DC Web Fest

A’Montay Giddings-Watson, a 2017 graduate student fellow in CMSI’s Community Voice Project (CVP) won Silver in the “Trailers & Digital Shorts” category for her short animated...

New Research: Augmented Reality and the Future of Cities

Unconventional Grant from Knight Foundation and Niantic, Inc.

Getting Real 2016: Pat Aufderheide’s Conference Take

Getting Real 2016 was a remarkable gathering of documentary filmmakers, under the auspices of the International Documentary Association (IDA). What I heard most: Diversity will make us stronger;...

Diversity Discussion Drives AFI DOCS Filmmaker Forum

This article was originally published on Documentary.org (Documentary magazine) by the International Documentary Association.  The annual AFI DOCS Filmmaker Forum, presented in association with IDA...

CMSI Leaders Featured as Speakers, Participants at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)

CMSI Co-director Brigid Maher’s Social Impact Documentary THE MAMA SHERPAS: MIDWIVES ACROSS AMERICA Premieres in California