Advancing Media Rights And Access
Overview
The goal of this work is to promote universal access, open systems and diversity in the media.
The Challenge
How media systems and technologies are governed is critical to ensuring that all people have the opportunity to tell their stories, acqire knowledge and actively participate in society. Today's high-speed Internet technology present unprecedented opportunities for people to learn, communicate and act as informed citizens.
Without fair media policies to protect the needs of the public, millions of people will remain underrepresented and excluded from important opportunities to connect, contribute and achieve.
What We're Doing
We support fair media policies that advance competition, openness, innovation and universal access to high speed internet for everyone. Our grantees are working to ensure that all people—especially the poor and marginalized—have both the means and the rights to participate in a diverse media system. Our strategies promote the right of communities to shape media policies that best represent, support, connect and advance the needs of their citizens.
Learn more about how our strategies and approaches shape our grant making.
From the Newsroom
- Luis Ubiñas Addresses the Federal Communications Commission A transcription of the video presentation for the second workshop of the FCC's Future of Media and Information Needs of Communities project
- Ford Foundation President to FCC Workshop: 'In the Midst of a New Media Revolution, Public Media Must Find New Relevance.' Video details a legacy of support and investment in public media's future
- Campaign for Open Access As the debate around open Internet access and diversity in the media continues, a resource from grantee FreeForm is helping funders better understand what’s at stake
- Why Foundations of All Kinds Should Promote Internet Access Opinion piece by Ford Foundation President Luis Ubiñas in the Chronicle of Philanthropy
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What We're Following
- Hillary Clinton on Internet Freedom Secretary of State promotes the free flow of information online at the Newseum
- Next Generation Connectivity Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet & Society report on the state of broadband worldwide
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