Evelyn Messinger (born in Annapolis, Maryland) is an American TV and print journalist, digital media pioneer, television producer, and media activist. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Ms Messinger received her bachelor's degree in Broadcasting from San Francisco State University in 1980, and promptly produced her first documentary, The Windcatchers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsMfTmY3D6E), and became a producer and editor at the San Francisco TV series VideoWest. She became a news editor and producer at the San Francisco bureaus of CNN and CBS, then worked in Europe producing pilots and programs for the BBC, France2 and others.
Professional careerEdit
Messinger is the producer of the TV and online video series This Planet (http://thisplanet.tv), and of The Goldziher Prize (http://goldziher.org) for Excellence in Journalism covering Muslim Americans.
She co-founded Internews, a global non-profit organization supporting independent media and access to quality information worldwide, with Kim Spencer and David M. Hoffman in 1982.
She was the American creator of the groundbreaking US-Soviet televised Spacebridges, which connected Soviet and American citizens, performers and lawmakers throughout the 1980s, and was the co-producer of many of these programs,[1] some of which won an Emmy Award in 1989. She was also the founding director of the Soros Foundation's Electronic Media Program (1990-1993).
Messinger is currently President of InterAct (Internews Interactive), a non-profit pioneer of digital media convergence that has specialized in citizen participation in media since 1998. In this role she served on the founding Board of Directors of Link TV, and has been instrumental in introducing new media formats to broadcast television and the Internet in projects with PBS, the World Bank, and many others.[2]
AwardsEdit
Her awards include a Webby Award in 2009 for Link TV series Global Pulse (2007-2010), a Cine Gold Eagle for the PBS documentary Thinking Twice (1982), and a first place in the San Francisco Video Festival for her documentary, Windcatchers, which ran nationally on the PBS network in 1980 as part of the Bay Area Video Coalition’s “Western Exposure” series.
^WHOLE EARTH REVIEW (1993) Channel X: Pirate TV in Eastern Europe
^HUFFINGTON POST (2009, May 5) Pakistani Women Protest Taliban But Support Islamic Law
External linksEdit
Internews Network
Link TV
InterAct Website
August 25, 2023
evelyn, messinger, born, annapolis, maryland, american, print, journalist, digital, media, pioneer, television, producer, media, activist, lives, francisco, area, contents, education, early, career, professional, career, awards, publications, references, exter. Evelyn Messinger born in Annapolis Maryland is an American TV and print journalist digital media pioneer television producer and media activist She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area Contents 1 Education and early career 2 Professional career 3 Awards 4 Publications 5 References 6 External linksEducation and early career EditMs Messinger received her bachelor s degree in Broadcasting from San Francisco State University in 1980 and promptly produced her first documentary The Windcatchers https www youtube com watch v DsMfTmY3D6E and became a producer and editor at the San Francisco TV series VideoWest She became a news editor and producer at the San Francisco bureaus of CNN and CBS then worked in Europe producing pilots and programs for the BBC France2 and others Professional career EditMessinger is the producer of the TV and online video series This Planet http thisplanet tv and of The Goldziher Prize http goldziher org for Excellence in Journalism covering Muslim Americans She co founded Internews a global non profit organization supporting independent media and access to quality information worldwide with Kim Spencer and David M Hoffman in 1982 She was the American creator of the groundbreaking US Soviet televised Spacebridges which connected Soviet and American citizens performers and lawmakers throughout the 1980s and was the co producer of many of these programs 1 some of which won an Emmy Award in 1989 She was also the founding director of the Soros Foundation s Electronic Media Program 1990 1993 Messinger is currently President of InterAct Internews Interactive a non profit pioneer of digital media convergence that has specialized in citizen participation in media since 1998 In this role she served on the founding Board of Directors of Link TV and has been instrumental in introducing new media formats to broadcast television and the Internet in projects with PBS the World Bank and many others 2 Awards EditHer awards include a Webby Award in 2009 for Link TV series Global Pulse 2007 2010 a Cine Gold Eagle for the PBS documentary Thinking Twice 1982 and a first place in the San Francisco Video Festival for her documentary Windcatchers which ran nationally on the PBS network in 1980 as part of the Bay Area Video Coalition s Western Exposure series Publications EditEvelyn Messinger has written about media and democracy the Internet and digital citizenship for The Nation 3 Whole Earth Review 4 The Current Qualcomm Spark MediaShift and The Huffington Post 5 References Edit Spacebridges Television and US Soviet Dialogue University Press of America Inc 1989 Quistgaard Kaitlin 2001 June 15 Making Television Matter Salon com THE NATION 1999 November 29 Tiny Television WHOLE EARTH REVIEW 1993 Channel X Pirate TV in Eastern Europe HUFFINGTON POST 2009 May 5 Pakistani Women Protest Taliban But Support Islamic LawExternal links EditInternews Network Link TV InterAct Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Evelyn Messinger amp oldid 1148352469, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
