- Watch the New Trailer for American Promise and Information About Its Oct. 18 NYC Premiere
American Promise (POV 2014) presents complicated truths about America's struggle to come of age on issues of race, class and opportunity. Watch it in theaters (before it airs on POV) starting in New York City this Friday, October 18.
- Outside the Frame: First-Person Recession Part 2
Freelance writer Amanda Hirsch, former editorial director of PBS Interactive, blogs about documentaries and the Web in her column, Outside the Frame. Read Part 1 of this series on how Americans are documenting their recession experiences online. This week, I set out to see how professional news websites are integrating user-generated content into their recession […]
- Outside the Frame: First-Person Recession
Freelance writer Amanda Hirsch, former editorial director of PBS Interactive, blogs about documentaries and the Web in her column, Outside the Frame. Back in the Great Depression, newspapermen (and I do mean men) were the only ones documenting the economic crisis and its effects — unless you count the private diaries of private citizens. Today, […]