A dozen projects selected for Great Idea Grants

Our Regional Review Committee selected 12 winners from 34 applications in The Consortium's latest round of Great Idea Grants.  Together, their proposals drew $31,142 in funding, bringing awards since the program began 24 years ago to more than $1.48 million. To read more about the winning projects, click Great Idea Grants.

Student teams begin yearlong documentary projects as part of Hear Me 101

The Consortium, Carnegie Mellon University's CREATE Lab, Pittsburgh Filmmakers and The Western Pennsylvania Writing Project are hosting a seminar Dec. 3 where teams of students from four high schools will learn skills needed for the documentary filmmaking projects they're undertaking as part of Hear Me 101. To learn more about this intensive application of the Hear Me initiative that CMU launched last year to amplify youth voices, click Hear Me 101.