Check out Tracey Friesen‘s new book, Story Money Impact, which provides a guide for funders, media producers, and activists looking to use media to achieve social impact. It offers case studies of successful social issue films—CITIZENFOUR, Virunga, The Corporation, and more—as well as a guiding framework for…
Dot Connector Studio worked with INN, with support from the Democracy Fund, to compile a set of over two dozen short case studies that showcase engaged journalism projects from nonprofit news organizations around the country. Examples range from public convenings to citizen journalist trainings to government accountability…
The latest issue of Immerse, the online journal for exploring emerging forms of nonfiction storytelling from Dot Connector Studio, the Tribeca Film Institute, MIT Open DocLab and The Fledgling Fund, is here. This issue focuses on preserving digital fossils—both “preservation of the work itself by diversification…
Dot Connector Studio’s Angelica Das and Jessica Clark recently wrote two papers for the Democracy Fund to help journalism funders and stakeholders better understand the current state of the field. Pathways to Engagement: Understanding How Newsrooms Are Working with Communities explores the world of Engaged Journalism by taking a closer…
Recently, Jessica traveled up to Cambridge to speak at MIT’s Open Doc Lab (one of our partners on Immerse), where she hosted a demo of the Impact Pack. Orders for the deck are now flying out the door, with professors, journalists and producers all using…
DCS is thrilled to be working with two new team members! Nancy Watzman is our new director of strategic initiatives. Nancy is an award-winning investigative journalist, researcher, and strategist with a focus on launching data-rich journalism projects on emerging platforms. We thoroughly enjoyed working with…
Last month, Jessica discussed emerging audio trends and Dot Connector Studio’s podcasting research with the Knight Foundation on MediaShift’s Podcast. Check it out here. MediaShift Podcast #225: Trump Wants to Kill Big Bird; DOJ Indicts Russian Hackers of Yahoo; Dot Connector Studio’s Jessica Clark
Check out the recent MediaShift article “From Spicer’s Hitler Comments to Wiretapping to Sweden: Does TV News Fuel Political Rhetoric?” from Dot Connector Studio’s Director of Strategic Initiatives, Nancy Watzman. In an era where news no longer solely arrives on newsprint on front doorsteps, tracing…
This spring, we’re excited to officially release our Impact Pack, a deck of media strategy cards designed to help media makers and funders brainstorm, strategize, and assess impact. You can use this 108-card deck to: Prototype your media engagement strategy Tell or iterate your impact…
Jessica and Angelica recently collaborated with Sarah Lutman of Lutman & Associates on a report for the Knight Foundation, From Airwaves to Earbuds: Lessons from Knight Investments in Digital Audio and Podcasting. The report explores how podcasting and other direct-to-listener audio formats are allowing media makers unprecedented…