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This year's theme, "Storytelling across Platforms," focuses on today's evolving media world in which publics can engage with creative projects across platforms such as radio, the web and mobile devices, as well as film and TV.  Look out for our 2011 rapporteur's report and other post-conference materials!

Lisa Smithline of Cultural Front Productions moderated this panel--which included Patrice O'Neill, producer of Not in Our Town; Meg McLagan, co-director of Lioness; and Debra Koffler, founder and executive director of Conscious Youth Media Crew--that discussed how to build audience engagement and outreach strategies into your filmmaking projects from the very beginning.

To listen to the podcast of this panel, click here.

Alyce Myatt, Executive Director of Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media; Jessica Clark, Director of the Future of Public Media Project at the Center for Social Media; and Shaady Salehi of Active Voice presented new tools available to media makers for funding, measuring impact and building partnerships with non-profits.

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Center Director Pat Aufderheide discusses the findings of our report, Honest Truths: Documentary Filmmakers on Ethical Challenges in their Work, and leads the audience in a discussion about how they would handle different but common ethical situations that arise in documentary filmmaking.

To listen to the podcast of this presentation, click here.