PhillyCAM

2022 automatically renewed grant.

2022 automatically renewed grant.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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

COVID-19 Emergency Fund to 2019 Grantees.

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.

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.