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Founded in 2007, PhillyCAM is a non-profit community media center designated by the City of Philadelphia to operate its public access television network (Xfinity 66/966HD/967 and Verizon Fios 29/30). PhillyCAM also operates a low-power community radio station, WPPM-FM, which reaches about 800,000 people throughout the Philadelphia region. PhillyCAM's people-driven, non-commercial, public access work is done in community and with a commitment to continuous learning, reflection and making space for others. PhillyCAM's educational programs provide transformative opportunities for people and communities to express themselves, to learn from each other, and to produce and share media reflective of the experiences of everyday people. PhillyCAM encourages empathy between neighborhoods, hyperlocal stories and conversations that influence a representative media ecosystem and advance authentic storytelling. PhillyCAM facilitates the creation and cablecast of locally produced public access television programs that reflect the diverse social, political, ethnic, and artistic communities that can be found in Philadelphia.

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Grants Awarded to PhillyCAM

$300,000 - Awarded August 2022

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Representation in Media
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2022 automatically renewed grant.

$50,000 - Awarded August 2022

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Representation in Media
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2022 automatically renewed grant.

$200,000 - Awarded December 2021

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Representation in Media
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A one-year grant to affirm the City of Philadelphia's commitment to community media and digital inclusion. PhillyCAM will advocate for the value of public access television, in order to secure a positive outcome from the upcoming Verizon franchise negotiation for PhillyCAM and PEG channels overall.

$50,000 - Awarded December 2021

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Representation in Media
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The People Power News Radio Initiative aims to train a multigenerational cohort of community radio reporters to tell stories from their unique neighborhood perspectives on topics such as mutual aid, economic inequality and more.

$200,000 - Awarded December 2020

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Representation in Media
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To present an eight-week retrospective of the eight seasons of Philadelphia Stories, short films by local filmmakers commissioned and broadcast by the former WYBE television station (IPMF's predecessor).

$15,600 - Awarded July 2020

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Representation in Media
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Via the 2020 Community Voice grant, PhillyCAM will offer a virtual Latinx Multimedia Reporting Fellowship in Fall 2020 to train 12 Latinx producers in multimedia reporting skills and build stronger bridges for content distribution and collaborative production among the expanding network of new initiatives supporting and amplifying local Latinx stories and information. During the Fellowship participants will work in teams to produce stories for distribution on PhillyCAM television, radio, online and on other local Spanish language platforms. The opportunity will be available to emerging journalists and community media producers looking to sharpen their skills or explore a new medium.

$20,000 - Awarded April 2020

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Representation in Media
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COVID-19 Emergency Fund to 2019 Grantees;for Good Pitch Local–Philadelphia.

$80,000 - Awarded April 2020

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Representation in Media
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COVID-19 Emergency Fund to 2019 Grantees.

$150,000 - Awarded July 2019

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Representation in Media
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This six-month planning grant will support research and planning for a new television and radio broadcast series inspired by WYBE's signature series, Philadelphia Stories. In conjunction with exploring a relaunch of the series, PhillyCAM will strengthen its mentorship role, bolstering its role as a community connector and network builder for diverse local media makers and producers.

$307,500 - Awarded July 2019

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Representation in Media
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Building on a successful inaugural Good Pitch Local–Philadelphia program in 2018, this two-year grant will support two subsequent rounds of Good Pitch Local Philadelphia, with the addition of a re-granting program to fund filmmakers and to provide focused facilitation of networking and collaborations among participants.

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