June 11, 2014

Come Work for Vision Maker Media
Now Hiring Full-Time Producer - Apply Now

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Produce, write, shoot and edit audio and video productions for national broadcast and/or online presentation, including the Growing Native series.  Direct Vision Maker Media's Creative Services division by working with outside clients in the development of promotional media.  View requisition S_140384 at https://employment.unl.edu for additional details and to apply.  

Criminal history background check conducted.  Excellent benefits including staff/dependent scholarship program.  UNL is committed to a pluralistic campus community through affirmative action, equal opportunity, work-life balance, and dual careers.  

 

Vision Maker Media has been located on the East Campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, since it was founded in 1977

 

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Khole Keeler Announced as Vision Maker Media's Public Media Intern
Khole Keeler

Vision Maker Media is proud to announce Khloe Keeler (Northern Ponca/Dakota/Lakota) as this summer's Public Media Internship recipient.  

 

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National Minority Consortia News
NMC at the 2014 PBS Annual Meeting

Shirley K. Sneve, Vision Maker Media; Leanne Ferrer, Pacific Islanders in Communications; Leslie Fields-Cruz, National Black Programming Consortium; Sandie Pedlow, Latino Public Broadcasting; Steven Gong, Center for Asian American Media; Liz Cheng, WORLD; Michael Isip, KQED; Sally Jo Fifer, ITVS; Simon Kilmurry, POV; Ben Feng Torres. Photo by Georgiana Lee.  

Every year, PBS holds its Annual Meeting as the premiere gathering of public television professionals and decision makers representing PBS stations and content providers. This year, the 2014 PBS Annual Meeting took place in San Francisco, CA from May 12 - 15, 2014, and offered a glimpse into the programming that is set to air on PBS.

 

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Blessing of Extraordinary Proportions
by George Lee (Navajo)

Geroge and her twin sister Gerb  

"The early bird gets the worm," my dad would always say. He is notorious for waking up between four and four-thirty in the morning. In those early dark hours, you can hear his steps, the smell of coffee brewing, and the sound of newspaper pages turning. I'm not going to lie. I was incredibly annoyed by this, much like the rest of my siblings. Admittedly, I took a lot of my parents' teachings for granted at an early age. Today, I have a deep appreciation for my dad and the lessons he offers.  

 

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Countdown to the PBS Online Film Festival
June 16 - July 31

PBS Online Film Festival  

Join us in 6 days for the third annual PBS Online Film Festival. This year's festival features 25 short films from various station and producing partners. Stream the videos anytime from June 16 to July 31, and don't forget to vote for your favorite videos. 

 

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Sovereign Bodies Site Launches
Online Series About Reproductive Rights

A new transmedia website, SovereignBodies.com, highlights some of the work that Native women have been doing for over the past 40 years to afford Natives the same access to health services that non-Native women receive. 

 

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2014 National Native Media Conference
July 10-13, 2014

Join more than 300 Native journalists, media professionals and tribal community representatives from across the country at the 30th annual event commemorating three decades of enhancing Native journalism July 10-13, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara. 

 

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Producer Profile (Encore): Father-Daughter Team
Syd and Kate Beane
Syd and Kate Beane (Flandreau Santee Sioux) are a father-daughter filmmaking team from Minnesota. Their current project is a documentary film, Ohiyesa: The Soul of an Indian, based on the life of their renowned relative, Charles A. Eastman, and Kate's discovery of her family heritage.

 

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