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Alyce Myatt is a multimedia consultant providing analysis and strategic planning services for independent media organizations and the philanthropic community. Chief among her clients are the Center for Digital Democracy, a media policy organization, MediaWorks, a media funder network, and Free Speech TV, a 24-hour progressive television network; other recent clients include OneWorld TV, Emerson College, TVE Brasil, the Heinz Endowments, Roundtable Media, and the Annie E. Casey and Skillman Foundations. Prior to her return to consulting, she was vice president of programming for the Public Broadcasting Service. Her responsibilities included project development and oversight of independent film, PBS Kids, and the Ready To Learn initiative. Previous to re-joining PBS, Myatt was program officer for media at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation where she administered their grant-making for documentary film and television, community outreach related to media, community-based media arts centers, and public radio. Preceding her work at the foundation she was president of her own consulting firm, providing program development services, strategic planning, and brand management to a variety of clients in television, radio, and multimedia. Clients included Rainbow Media, Blackside Inc., EchoStar, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., the Independent Television Service (ITVS), Sunbow, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, WGBH, WNET, and WNYC Radio. Myatt was creative consultant for Sesame Workshop's cable venture and was previously director of Children's Programming for the Public Broadcasting Service. Her production credits include the Smithsonian Institution, Nickelodeon, and ABC's "20/20." Myatt serves as a board director or advisor to Auburn Media at the Center for Multi-faith Education, the Center for Rural Strategies, the Center for Social Media at American University, the Emerson College Alumni Association, mediarights.org, the National Alliance of Media Arts and Culture and Witness.

   (212) 765-0193
  amyatt@nyc.rr.com
Seminar speeches given by Alyce Myatt:
Channeling Public Interest Media:
Reporting on the Public Broadcast System

May 05, 2005
Other Approaches to Public Media: Cable Public Access, Webcasting and Low Power Radio
A look at public media operations situated outside of the traditional mainstream structure as harbingers of public media’s future.

Moderated by Alyce Myatt.
Channeling Public Interest Media:
Reporting on the Public Broadcast System

May 05, 2005
News Programming by Non-Profits
Non-profits are moving into news production. What does this portend for “established” media, and what are the issues for journalists to consider, e.g. ethics and credibility.

Moderated by Alyce Myatt.

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