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Comment by Toni Reed on October 13, 2009 at 11:24pm

Have you purchased your tickets for this year's Women In Film Focus Achievement Awards? It will be a smashing gala event held at the Chicago Mart Plaza on October 20th, starting at 6:30pm (creative cocktail attire is preferred)! This year's honorees: Janice Arthur, pioneering steadicam operator; Donna La Pietra, award-winning producer and philanthropist; and Nora Dunn, actress, comedian and director! Our keynote speaker will be Diane Jackson, head of production at DDB. Our emcee is the fabulous Evelyn Holmes, ABC Channel 7 News Reporter! Tickets: $125, non-members; $90, members! Hope to see you there!! www.wifchicago.org/focus

Comment by Bruce Eric Montgomery on September 10, 2009 at 5:42pm

September 8, 2009

Media contact: Susan Bennett, 202/292-6310

NEWSEUM LAUNCHES "THE FUTURE OF NEWS" IN TELEVISED SERIES HOSTED BY FRANK SESNO

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 — The Newseum is launching "The Future of News," a new 10-part television series featuring lively, cutting-edge conversations with well-known journalists and new media pioneers about the evolution of news reporting in an Internet age.

The initial 10 programs will be hosted by Frank Sesno, award-winning broadcaster and professor at George Washington University. Panelists include NBC’s Ann Curry; The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward; ABC’s Sam Donaldson; Tina Brown, founder and editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast; Craigslist founder Craig Newmark; Instapundit Glenn Reynolds; new media critic Jay Rosen; Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei; and Charles Sennott of Global Post.

"The Future of News," produced at the Newseum and distributed by American Public Television, will feature in-depth discussions and debates about traditional news media adapting in a digital world, new media solutions outside traditional news business models, citizen journalists, the future of newspapers, the "digital divide," the speed of news and other topics.

Each 30-minute program will highlight emerging news sources and offer timely tips on how news consumers can navigate the ever-expanding maze of digital information. Touch-screen technology will be used to introduce viewers to Web sites that offer credible alternatives to traditional news providers. In addition, the guests will discuss the role of a free press in a digital democracy.

Video segments produced by the Newseum’s award-winning producers will set up each week’s topic. The Newseum’s vast content, which includes thousands of historic newspapers, photographs and news-related artifacts, will be incorporated into the programs to provide historical context.

"The Newseum is uniquely positioned to lead the discussion about where people will go to find accurate news in the future," said Paul Sparrow, vice president of broadcasting for the Newseum. "This show will be a User’s Guide to News 2.0, bringing together the best and the brightest in both traditional and new media."

"The Future of News," which is slated to air in early 2010, will be available via the varied distribution platforms of public television. The Newseum programming is partially funded with a grant from the Ford Foundation. Additional underwriting is welcome. Funders are entitled to a 15-second acknowledgement at the beginning and end of each show and will be included in all online and print material.

About the Newseum Production Team

Host
Frank Sesno is an award-winning broadcast journalist who formerly served as CNN’s Washington, D.C., bureau chief, news anchor, analyst and reporter. Now a special correspondent for CNN, Sesno serves as director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he also is a professor of media, public affairs and international affairs. Sesno has appeared on public television channels nationwide, the History Channel and National Public Radio as an independent commentator. He also hosted the innovative Web/broadcast special "Planet Forward" for PBS and the long-running annual specials "A Public Voice," distributed by American Public Television.

Production Executive
Paul Sparrow is an Emmy Award–winning producer with 30 years’ experience in television production. He came to the Newseum in 1998 and produced "Holocaust: The Untold Story," which was nominated for an Emmy Award and carried by the History Channel. He also was executive in charge of production for "The World at Large," a public television series featuring David Gergen and produced in association with SCETV. Before coming to the Newseum, Sparrow produced more than 300 hours of prime-time network programming.

Series Producer
Susan Brooks Kelly is an award-winning multimedia producer for the Newseum with more than 25 years of broadcasting experience. Before joining the Newseum, she spent nearly 10 years in NBC News’s Washington bureau, working on documentaries, the "Today" show and as production manager for "Meet the Press" with the late Tim Russert.

About the Newseum
The Newseum — a 250,000-square-foot museum of news — offers visitors an experience that blends five centuries of news history with up-to-the-second technology and hands-on exhibits. Within its seven levels of galleries and theaters, the Newseum offers a unique environment that takes museum-goers behind the scenes to experience how and why news is made.

The Newseum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. Admission is $20 for adults, $18 for seniors (65 and older) and $13 for youth (7 to 18). Annual memberships also are available. For additional information, the public may call 888/NEWSEUM (888/639-7386) or visit newseum.org.

American Public Television
American Public Television (APT) has been a leading distributor of high-quality, top-rated programming to America’s public television stations since 1961. Among its 300 new program titles per year are prominent documentaries, dramatic series, how-to programs, children’s series and classic movies, including "Spain … on the road Again," "Rick Steves’ Europe," "Worldfocus," "Globe Trekker," "Simply Ming," "America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated," "Lidia’s Family Table," "P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home," "Murdoch Mysteries," "Doc Martin," "Rosemary and Thyme," "Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison," "Carreras, Domingo and Pavarotti" and "John Denver: The Wildlife Concert." APT also distributes to international channels through its APT Worldwide service. In 2006, APT launched Create™ — the TV channel featuring the best of public television’s lifestyle programming. For more information about APT’s programs and services, visit APTonline.org.

Comment by Karen E. Pride on August 8, 2009 at 11:21am

Greetings. I facilitate a drop-in group called the Chicago Independent Artists Network (CIAN). We meet on the second Tuesday of the month at Wishbone Restaurant, 3300 N. Lincoln Blvd., near Belmont/Ashland, from 7-8:30 p.m.
NEXT MEETING - TUES., AUG. 11.
The Network consists of student and professional filmmakers, writers, musicians, actors, videographers, photographers, caterers, artists...anything to do with creative arts. Our mission is to keep you creative people working in Chicago through networking opportunities. If you're interested, please contact me at ciankaren@gmail.com. and check out the Facebook page.

Comment by Karen E. Pride on March 28, 2009 at 7:46pm

Greetings. I facilitate a drop-in group called the Chicago Independent Artists Network (CIAN). We meet on the second Tuesday of the month at Wishbone Restaurant, 3300 N. Lincoln Blvd., near Belmont/Ashland, from 7-8:30 p.m. The Network consists of student and professional filmmakers, writers, musicians, actors, videographers, photographers, caterers, artists...anything to do with creative arts. Our mission is to keep you creative people working in Chicago through networking opportunities. If you're interested, please contact me at ciankaren@gmail.com.

Comment by Floyd Webb on March 19, 2009 at 6:53pm

I know this is kind of tired and you have heard it all before, but My 3 minute movie, Deadliest Man Alive has been distributed to Hulu.com and to Babelgum.com.

My 3 minute doc was produced exclusively for CINELAN, which features the world's great documentary filmmakers, including: Marilyn Agrelo, Grant Gee, Steve James, Kelly Loudenberg, Ross Kauffman, Liz Mermin, Jerry Rothwell, Morgan Spurlock, Jessica Yu and Jeremiah Zagar.

It will be featured on the new Babelgum Iphone App that will be released Friday , March 20, in the Itunes Iphone Apps store.

This is pretty major in that it bolsters my argument for funding to complete the feature length documentary

Comment by Jim Negri on March 17, 2009 at 9:24pm

Hi Everyone-
I'm new to the Chicago Convergence and this group. I recently moved to Chicago from New York where I worked at Lifetime TV. I also worked freelance in the talent department for many award shows (The Tony Awards, Daytime Emmys, etc) and large events (CBS 75th Anniversary). I'm now interested in meeting new people and am trying to make connections in Chicago.

Comment by Fatimah Malone on February 12, 2009 at 10:01am

Toni, thank you for the lead. Welcome to the group. Drop me a line about what's going on with you.

Comment by Toni Reed on February 8, 2009 at 4:06pm

Hi Fatimah, have you tried WPA or any of the news organizations like ABC News Archives, etc? I'd start with the news organizations. WPA is located in Orland Park...it's a current event so I'm not so sure they would have the footage but it doesn't hurt to ask...

Comment by Fatimah Malone on February 4, 2009 at 3:55pm

Hey All! I'm working on a research project. I am in need of footage from the 1997 Million Woman March. If anybody knows of the whereabouts of any footage please send me a note. Peace and Thanx

Comment by Floyd Webb on February 4, 2009 at 7:38am

I just participated in a 7 week marketing promotion online for a Showtime Mixed Martial Arts Pay Per View event. I was the editor of 5 of the seven part series. We achieved over 500,000 cumulative views of the body of work. The series was presented weekly on Youtube and was syndicated to Sports Illustrated and other sports and Mixed Martial Arts sites. Two episodes are on my profile here. I am available for production work, consultancy and editing in the midwest area.

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