Ethics, Archives and more at IDFA 2022
November 30, 2022
Eat and Read at Melba’s: Q & A with Jane Wolfe
May 02, 2022
Climate Comedy Cohort: Q & A with the co-creators
April 14, 2022
Revolutionizing Activism: Using Humor When Things Are Dire
April 07, 2022
Happy Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2022!
February 23, 2022
Who’s Holding Documentary to Account?
September 06, 2021
True/False 2021: Two for One or Two Halves of a Whole?
June 02, 2021
When You Don’t Even Need Fair Use
February 26, 2021
Rebekah Modrak on Teaching Studio Art with Fair Use
February 25, 2021
You Be the Fair Use Judge Today: Visual Arts
February 24, 2021
Working Films: Evolution through Reflection
February 23, 2021
Do Communication Scholars Need Fair Use?
February 23, 2021
If You Could Be the Judge of Fair Use….
February 22, 2021
New Resource Guide for Community Engagement Released
February 11, 2021
CASE Act: Good or Bad News for Filmmakers?
February 06, 2021
Decolonizing the Documentary, Virtually: IDFA 2020
January 11, 2021
Center for Environmental Filmmaking Releases Media Impact Report
November 18, 2020
Double Exposure 2020: Investigative Documentary Investigated
October 27, 2020
PEG Access Media Become Local Communication Hubs in Crisis
August 18, 2020
AFI Docs: Living in Spite of It All
July 09, 2020
Black Lives Matter.
June 08, 2020
How much copyright censorship is OK?
May 30, 2020
True/False 2020: Reality, Fiction, Foresight
March 14, 2020
Tools of the Trade: Documentary Makers Talk Gear
February 18, 2020
New Research Examines Crowd-Sourced Story Banks for Progressive Advocacy
February 12, 2020
Ethics and Documentary Film: When Is Sponsorship Conflict of Interest?
December 23, 2019
CMSI 2019 Year in Review
December 19, 2019
Edgy Interactive at IDFA’s DocLab 2019
December 04, 2019
IDFA 2019: The Power of Public Memory in Documentary Film
December 04, 2019
Why a Show Known for Its Phallic Humor is Promoting Reproductive Rights
September 23, 2019
Race and Class at AFI Fest
July 03, 2019
Who’s Looking Out for Social Media Creators?
June 06, 2019
Social change with the ‘aid’ of Twitter
June 05, 2019
Fave Documentaries at the Tribeca Film Festival 2019
May 06, 2019
At Tribeca Film Fest 2019, Immersed in Immersive
May 06, 2019
Immersed in Immersive Media at SXSW 2019
March 26, 2019
Fair Use-Friendly SXSW 2019
March 23, 2019
At SXSW 2019, Documentaries Making a Difference
March 22, 2019
True Tales of Fair Use: Hit Documentary Films
March 01, 2019
Plungers, Remix, and Fair Use
February 28, 2019
Chess, Moustaches, and Fair Use
February 27, 2019
Green Fog, Fair Use and Creativity
February 26, 2019
Artistic Innovation, “The Clock,” and Copyright
February 25, 2019
Stories of Fair Use’s Surprising Power
December 05, 2018
Alex Winter, “The Panama Papers”, and the Power of Transparency
December 03, 2018
IDFA 2018: Inclusion On and Off Screen
November 30, 2018
Energizing Advocacy and Mobilizing the Public Sphere in Fraught Times
November 27, 2018
Save The Date: Story Movements 2019
November 06, 2018
Good News on DMCA Exemptions from the Copyright Office
October 26, 2018
Fair Use and the Future of Digital Culture
September 24, 2018
Policy Briefing Note: An International Approach to Data Privacy
August 14, 2018
Won’t You Be My Neighbor
May 17, 2018
Running With Scissors
May 17, 2018
This is Home
May 17, 2018
Crime + Punishment
May 17, 2018
Three Identical Strangers
May 17, 2018
Minding the Gap
May 17, 2018
A Murder in Mansfield
May 17, 2018
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
May 17, 2018
CMSI Community Voice Project Fellow Wins at DC Web Fest
April 26, 2018
Tribeca Interactive: Experiencing the Obvious Is Work
April 25, 2018
Hot-Topic Documentaries at Tribeca Go Beyond the Headlines
April 25, 2018
Social-Issue Docs at #SXSW2018
March 23, 2018
Platform Anxiety at SXSW
March 16, 2018
Diversity Begins to Scale at SXSW
March 16, 2018
Fair Use Question of the Month: Fair Use & YouTube
February 28, 2018
Happy Fair Use Week! And Where to Find the Good Stuff
February 27, 2018
Rethinking Fair Use: Rebekah Modrak and the Art of Creative Critique
February 27, 2018
Fair Use in Film Courses: Broderick Fox on Empowering Creators
February 26, 2018
Preserving Software Could Get Easier: The Latest Center Research
February 13, 2018
Center Research Reaches Australian Policymakers
February 12, 2018
Fair Use Question of the Month: Fair Use Protections & Students
January 30, 2018
Fair Use Question of the Month: Exhibit Materials & Formal Permission
December 21, 2017
The Right to Decrypt Media Needs to Be More User-Friendly
December 16, 2017
Documentaries in a Dark Time: IDFA at 30
December 01, 2017
Interactive Art at IDFA: Big Questions, Some Answers
December 01, 2017
Fair Use Question of the Month
November 20, 2017
New Research: Augmented Reality and the Future of Cities
October 30, 2017
Double Exposure: Filmmakers Tell Truth to Power
October 25, 2017
Fair Use Question of The Month: Poetry Remix
October 24, 2017
New Fair Project Launched, for Preservation of Software
October 20, 2017
Online News Association 2017: Is AI an Opportunity or a Monster? Yes
October 17, 2017
No Roadmap: Reflections From an Aspiring Documentary Film Producer
September 20, 2017
Fair Use Question of the Month
September 14, 2017
At Sydney Film Festival, Aboriginal Makers Lead
September 14, 2017
New CMSI Staff
September 13, 2017
AFI DOCS Forum Commenced with Poignant Themes
June 23, 2017
Visual Arts Community Shifts Practice on Fair Use
April 19, 2017
Public Media Podcasts with Fair Use at WVIK
April 07, 2017
How to Make the 5 Percent of Social-Issue VR that Works
March 06, 2017
Lyn Goldfarb Talks Fair Use in “Bridging The Divide”
February 24, 2017
Fair Use Myths Debunked in Australia
February 24, 2017
Roger C. Memos: “Sweet Adversity” and Fair Use
February 22, 2017
Fair Use Week: Documentary Statement Video Code
February 21, 2017
Fair Use Question of the Month: Online Databases for Students
February 20, 2017
CMSI and CAA Launch New Teaching Tools for Fair Use in the Visual Arts
February 01, 2017
Fair Use in Australia? How Knowledge Can Overcome Moral Panic
January 31, 2017
CMSI in 2017: New Projects, New Collaborators, Renewed Energy
January 24, 2017
Is China’s New Ivory Ban a Win for “The Ivory Game” Documentary?
January 24, 2017
Fair Use Question of the Month: Using Film Clips in Documentary
January 18, 2017
Documentary Filmmaker Jed Riffe on Fair Use
January 18, 2017
Fair Use Question of the Month: Analytic Writing About Art
December 28, 2016
Leaving “Poverty Porn” Behind: Changing the Development Narrative
November 15, 2016
Community Voice Project Digital Stories Screening, October 26th
November 05, 2016
A New Vehicle for Change: Can Virtual Reality Drive Conservation?
November 01, 2016
Building Empathetic Narratives at Story Movements
October 28, 2016
Avi Mograbi: Activist and Filmmaker
October 28, 2016
Filmmaker Courtney Hermann Weighs In On Dangerous Docs
October 27, 2016
Community Voice Project Screening
October 25, 2016
Closing Night at Seret D.C.: Sand Storm
October 20, 2016
Saturday Night at Seret D.C.
October 17, 2016
Human Rights Film Series Opening
October 12, 2016
2016 Human Rights Film Series
October 04, 2016
Getting Real 2016: Pat Aufderheide’s Conference Take
October 03, 2016
5 to 7 Charms at the DCJFF’s Fall Screening
September 30, 2016
Thank You for Your Service: Impact, Entertainment, Profit
September 24, 2016
Diversity Discussion Drives AFI DOCS Filmmaker Forum
July 11, 2016
VR Becoming an Actual Reality for Documentarians
April 29, 2016
Tribeca’s Storyscapes: On Race and Reality
April 25, 2016
Rebel Citizen at Filmfest DC
April 23, 2016
VR Everywhere! At Tribeca FilmFest, Headsets Galore
April 22, 2016
Full Frame Festival
April 20, 2016
Anatomy of “The Blackfish Effect”
March 30, 2016
Professor Leena Jayaswal Resists the Diaspora
March 23, 2016
SXSW Documentaries: Finding a Voice
March 19, 2016
SXSW 2016: Storytelling, Immersion, Engagement
March 16, 2016
Fair Use in Filmmaking at SXSW: Beyond Documentary
March 15, 2016
SXSW for Good: Obama, Abortion, Harassment, Diversity
March 13, 2016
Straight From the Underground: Freedom and Street Art in Havana
February 26, 2016
Fair Use Week: Plenty to Celebrate
February 22, 2016
How To Use Copyrighted Material in Your Work | Fair Use Week
February 22, 2016
Sundance Awards Women
February 02, 2016
Defending fair use: Good for YouTube’s business–and for us
December 18, 2015
The Community Voice Project is now a featured program within CMSI!
December 09, 2015
Interactive Documentary: Takeaways from IDFA’s DocLab
December 01, 2015
IDFA films: Why Cinéma Vérité Is Still So Powerful
December 01, 2015
IDFA Films: Compilation Retells History
December 01, 2015
Dangerous Docs Report Goes International
November 25, 2015
Museums Put Fair Use to Work
November 18, 2015
“This is the Remix:” Perspectives on Configurable Culture
November 06, 2015
Fair Use Question of the Month: Photos for Art Installation
November 04, 2015
Photojournalism From the Inside: The Bill Gentile Collection
October 21, 2015
2015 Media Rise Forum: Social Change Agents Arise
October 15, 2015
Journalism Goes Video in Magazines, Newspapers and TV Series
October 05, 2015
What a Difference Fair Use Knowledge Makes: Academic Publishing
September 30, 2015
Fair Use Question of the Month: Images of Copyrighted Work
September 08, 2015
How Participatory Filmmaking Saved My Career
September 03, 2015
AFI DOCS Screens “India’s Daughter”
June 30, 2015
CMSI Hosts the American Film Showcase
June 17, 2015
Nuestra Cuba: Women, Filmmaking and Equality
June 16, 2015
Dangerous Documentaries and Online Journalism
May 01, 2015
Pat Aufderheide to be Honored with Stoney Award
April 29, 2015
THE MAMA SHERPAS Premieres in Los Angeles on May 27
April 23, 2015
Impact Takes Center Stage at Games for Change Festival
April 20, 2015
Filmmakers, Funders and Risk
April 17, 2015
Bleeding-Edge News at SXSW
March 17, 2015
Like, Link, Share: New Tools for Legacy Organizations
March 17, 2015
Dollars, Doughnuts and Distribution
March 07, 2015
Do Filmmakers Know Their Rights?
March 07, 2015
Josh Oppenheimer Wants to Reinvent the Human Rights Film
March 05, 2015
Hunting Ground Registers Impact on Its Debut
February 27, 2015
Documentaries Telling Truth to Power
February 25, 2015
Building Outreach Campaigns
February 18, 2015
Cutting-Edge Storytelling Technology: Luisa Dantas on Media That Matters
February 04, 2015
Measuring Media Impact: Dana Chinn on Media That Matters
February 04, 2015
Documentaries and Civic Engagement: Molly Murphy on Media That Matters
February 04, 2015
Sundance 2015: The Question of Security
February 03, 2015
Field Report: LandofOpportunity Interactive Platform
February 03, 2015
Sundance 2015: Documentary or Journalism?
February 01, 2015
Breaking Down the Impact of “Blackfish”
January 05, 2015
Interactive Comic Book Fights Violence Against Women in India
December 18, 2014
Just Released: Best Practices in Fair Use of Orphan Works
December 11, 2014
Brian Winston: Is Clicktivism Enough?
December 11, 2014
Forming Partnerships to Build Audience
December 08, 2014
2014 BRITDOC Impact Award
November 20, 2014
Kudos for Waxman, ITVS and Indies
November 14, 2014
Lessons on Surveillance from Journalism
November 07, 2014
Do Journalists Have Adequate Security Tools?
November 07, 2014
Snowden on the Power of the (Encrypted) Press
November 07, 2014
Research Libraries Celebrate Fair Use With New Videos
November 04, 2014
Organizing for Interactive Media
October 31, 2014
What’s the Story with Immersive Storytelling?
October 30, 2014
Librarians and Fair Use: Take the Big Picture
October 20, 2014
Gender Equality in Hollywood: Where Are We Now?
October 13, 2014
Assessing the Changing Business Model of Local News
October 09, 2014
Dot Connector Studio: A Focus on Impact
October 06, 2014
From YouTube to Broadcast
October 05, 2014
Good News: Growing Acceptance of Fair Use in Documentary
October 01, 2014
Making Dangerous Docs: What We Know So Far
October 01, 2014
“Fort Bliss” Premieres
September 22, 2014
Fair Use in Search: TVEyes
September 11, 2014
New Interactive Timeline Explores Katrina/Sandy Stories
August 27, 2014
DC Chinese Film Festival Coming to American University
August 27, 2014
How Fair Use Brought Dream Deceivers to Home Video
August 06, 2014
Documentary Impact Dialogue
August 01, 2014
Media That Matters for the Emerging Filmmaker
June 25, 2014
Social-Issue Docs Shine at AFI Docs
June 23, 2014
Rewriting History Through Documentary
June 12, 2014
Media That Matters, Making a Difference
June 05, 2014
HathiTrust Decision: Good News for Media That Matters
June 02, 2014
“Stand Up Planet” Premiering Wednesday 5/14
May 12, 2014
DOCUMENTED: The Dream and the Reality
April 29, 2014
The Craft of Cinéma Vérité: SXSW and Tribeca
April 29, 2014
Work in Festival Documentaries: Can We Talk About It?
April 28, 2014
Interactive Everywhere! Takeaways from Tribeca
April 28, 2014
Global Labor Film Festival Returns in May
April 22, 2014
AIM and Shoot Discussion Focuses on Impact and Measurement
April 10, 2014
Sparking Social Impact at Full Frame Documentary Festival
April 10, 2014
SXSW: Fair Use Everywhere
March 14, 2014
SXSW Verite: Walking in Someone Else’s Shoes
March 13, 2014
SXSW: Engagement and Action
March 13, 2014
Fair Use Question of the Month: Crowdsourcing Journalism
February 25, 2014
Empowering the Human Voice: Kunal Gupta on Media That Matters
February 05, 2014
Why Fair Use Is More Dependable Than You Think
February 04, 2014
Fair Use Question of the Month: Hip Hop Tribute
February 03, 2014
Inspiring Action Through Film: David Holbrooke on Media That Matters
February 03, 2014
Comics, Diversity and Representation: Greg Pak on Media That Matters
February 03, 2014
ROAMING WILD at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
February 03, 2014
The Whole Thing: Big Fair Use Win for Journalists in Swatch Case
January 31, 2014
Combining Art and Technology: Daniel Burwen on Media That Matters
January 30, 2014
Media Impact Thread at Sundance 2014
January 27, 2014
Helping Others Feel Whole: Rob Rosenthal on Media That Matters
January 24, 2014
Create for Pivot with Fair Use
January 14, 2014
Fair Use Question of the Month: Background Music
January 06, 2014