The Media & Policy Center has received a significant grant to begin work on America's Family Farmers. Production of the series will begin in the summer of 2008.

Harry Wiland's 1969 film production Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music will be broadcast as part of PBS's P.O.V. series on August 5, 2008. More on Harry's work with Johnny Cash can be found here.

Harry Wiland and Dale Bell have received California Greenworks' Environmental Leaders Award for their "...outstanding work in raising awareness for environmental sustainability through the PBS series Edens Lost & Found."

The first in a series of Edens Lost & Found Town Hall Meetings was held in Philadelphia early in 2008, and was broadcast by WHYY (Philadelphia PBS) in April. More details and excerpts from the broadcast are available here.

Harry Wiland and Dale Bell have been elected Ashoka Fellows and Purpose Prize Fellows.

Harry Wiland and Dale Bell win First and Third Prizes in NAAEE Environmental Film Festival.

Media & Policy Center: Public Affairs

We see a change taking place in the way people relate to citizen sector organizations and government institutions, a new spirit of cooperation among neighbors, community leaders, elected officials, and government agencies. Looking through their documentary filmmakers' lens, they see people from disparate backgrounds and political leanings joining forces to find solutions to social problems, taking action where government has failed, and finding encouragement and help from their neighbors. Community innovators are fueling institutional change, uniting in a common cause, and they document this resurgence of citizen-based initiatives so others may emulate it. They use public television, locally and nationally, as a catalyst for civic engagement.

an excerpt from America's Family Farmers

Through personal and community stories that may never be portrayed by other media, community innovators help citizens in every community understand and address the issues that confront them. America's Family Farmers documents the resurgence of the family farmer as artist and innovator. If I Were President will zero in on the younger voter and what they want from their political leaders. Johnny Cash: Bitter Tears is dedicated to the memory of Johnny Cash and his commitment to Native Americans. Transportation Envy will draw on transportation systems from around the world and encourage all of us to accept nothing else than a world class transportation system where we live.

America's Family Farmers

This series will focus on American farmers whose healthy and high-quality products are making us re-think how our food can and should be grown. An outstanding selection of guest chefs will join with these farmers to incorporate their products into exciting new dishes, creating a fresh perspective on how we cook and what we eat.

If I Were President

With NPR's Scott Simon as on-camera Host, this PBS television and NPR radio special will invite high school and college students from across the country, as well as young members of the armed forces to submit entries on what they would do if they were elected President of the United States. Winning essays will be selected through a national competition and will be the basis for the hour-long special.

Johnny Cash: Bitter Tears

This video and television special will use Cash's music, unique archival video footage, and newly-produced content to highlight the legacy and struggles of Native Americans and look forward to a vision of our common future.

Transportation Envy

This program will capture what cities around the world are doing to solve their transportation needs and show, through personal stories, how accessible mass transit can change people's lives.