Documentary, Independent & Public Media

The State of the Documentary Field: 2018 Study of Documentary Professionals

Journey to the Academy Awards: 2018 Documentary Film Diversity Report

Movies & Grassroots Community Engagement: Documentary Films & State and Local Public Policy in the United States. Volume 2, Films & Public Policy Series

When Movies Go to Washington: Documentary Films & Public Policy in the United States (Vol 1)

The first in a two-volume investigation about the role of documentary films in legislative and regulatory change and influence in the United States.

The State of the Documentary Field: 2016 Survey of Documentary Industry Members

Caty Borum Chattoo Co-Director, Center for Media & Social Impact Executive in Residence, American...

Connecting Audiences with OVEE, an Online Screening Platform: An Assessment of The Homestretch PBS Documentary

The Journey to the Academy Awards: An Investigation of Oscar-Shortlisted and Nominated Documentaries (2014-2016)

What does it take for a documentary film and its director and producer to make it to the top—the Oscars shortlist, the nomination & the win?

Diversity in Independent TV Documentaries: Is Public TV Different?

Diversity in Independent TV Documentaries: Is Public TV Different?   Table Of...

Assessing the Social Impact of Issues-Focused Documentaries: Research Methods & Future Considerations

October 2014 Click here to view or download a PDF of this report. Report by: Caty Borum Chattoo, Creative...

White Papers

Beyond the hashtags: #Ferguson, #Blacklivesmatter, and the online struggle for offline justice

This research report examines the Black Lives Matter Movement’s uses of online media in 2014 and 2015.

Diversity in Independent TV Documentaries: Is Public TV Different?

Diversity in Independent TV Documentaries: Is Public TV Different?   Table Of...

The War Tapes Puts a Face on War

The War Tapes Puts a Face on War By Katja Wittke Download The War Tapes Case Study  and Download The War...

Breaking New Ground: A Framework for Measuring the Social Impact of Canadian Documentaries

By ERIN Research Inc. for The Documentary Policy Advisory Group This report examines seven Canadian documentaries,...

CSM Research on Journalism and Public Media

In this 2008 paper, commissioned as part of the Berkman Center's Media Re:Public project, CSM's Pat Aufderheide and...

Notable New Media Books

Katie Donnelly Over the past couple of years, we've been occasionally highlighting the most interesting of the...

5 Great Media Literacy Programs and How to Assess Their Impact

Katie Donnelly  Increasingly, public media 2.0 projects are moving not only beyond broadcast to social and mobile...

City Voices, City Visions Uses Digital Video Production to Promote Learning

Katie Donnelly  City Voices, City Visions, a teacher-education initiative from the Graduate School of Education at...

Digital and Media Literacy Book Review: Spaceheadz

Katie Donnelly While this series on digital and media literacy efforts has focused primarily on formal initiatives...

Common Sense Media Employs Comprehensive Evaluation Strategy for Digital Citizenship Curriculum

Katie Donnelly  Common Sense Media, a nonprofit organization known for its comprehensive reviews of kid-focused...

Holocaust Museum Repackages Multimedia Propaganda Exhibit for Media Literacy Educators

Katie Donnelly  The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) recently wrapped up an initiative designed to...

FTC’s Admongo Promotes Surface-Level Advertising Literacy

Katie Donnelly  As digital and media literacy education efforts continue to expand throughout the country, even...

PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Lab Program Ready to Expand

Katie Donnelly    Having recently completed a successful pilot year, the CPB-funded PBS NewsHour Extra Student...

City Voices, City Visions Uses Digital Video Production to Promote Learning

Katie Donnelly  City Voices, City Visions, a teacher-education initiative from the Graduate School of Education at...

World TV Revamps Site to Entice a Younger Audience

Katie Donnelly  How can public media spur multi-platform engagement through a national TV channel? That's the...

Egypt’s Revolt Spurs New Public Media

By: Maria Howell Both professional and citizen coverage of the revolt in Egypt are demonstrating the ways in...

A Conversation with Internews Interactive’s Evelyn Messinger

Katie Donnelly Our round-up of engagement projects on MediaShift last year drew some attention from mediamakers....

Dan Gillmor’s Mediactive Provides a Clear Overview for New Media Participants

Katie Donnelly  Dan Gillmor, Director of the Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurshipat Arizona State...

Where will Public Media 2.0 go in 2011?

Katie Donnelly  Last year at the Center for Social Media, we researched trends in community engagement in...

Beyond Broadcast: Reinventing Public Media in a Participatory Culture

Held at Harvard Law School in May 2006, the event was organized by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society,...