Support from foundations is integral to KQED's diversified funding base.
Grants for general operations are used to support KQED's core services in KQED Public Television,
KQED Public Radio, KQED.org, and KQED Education Network. These include expenses for the local
broadcasts of national programs such as Nova,
Masterpiece Theater, All Things Considered,
and Fresh Air with Terry Gross, as well as popular local productions
such as This Week in Northern California and the Perspectives series.
Stalwart support of classic KQED programming is invaluable, as is the support of specific projects. The
focused interests of some foundations lend themselves to project-specific grantmaking, including on-going programs,
new programs, and programs in development.
The following projects are currently in various stages of development. They cover a broad range of
topics, from arts and culture to the environment, from news and public affairs to professional
development for teachers and youth outreach, from diversity to science and technology. We have
noted the topics covered by each program or project.
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KQED Public Television
Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures www.pbs.org/oceanadventures
Bringing the Cousteau tradition back to public broadcasting, this HDTV series voyages to remote aquatic places with a critical mission: to enlighten, engage, and inspire positive action around our world's most cherished underwater species, as well as our most beautiful and important waterways and marine environments. Each episode is complemented by community and educational outreach resources, as well as a comprehensive Web site.
[science, technology, environment/nature, community and educational outreach]
Spark www.kqed.org/spark
This weekly series provides an insider's look at the Bay Area arts scene, profiling local performing and visual artists and arts groups. In three short segments and a calendar listing, each week the series introduces audiences to the creative process, looking behind the scenes at how artistic productions and creations are conceived and executed. Through the Spark in Education program (SparkEd), the initiative also includes professional development workshops for teachers, high-quality educational materials, and interactive Web components. Co-produced with the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC), Spark premiered in 2003 and airs Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. and Fridays at 11 p.m. on Channel 9 with multiple rebroadcasts on KQED's digital channels.
[arts and culture, professional development-teachers]
Truly CA: Our State, Our Stories www.kqed.org/trulyca
KQED has created an exciting new showcase for the best documentary films about the Bay Area and California made by independent, non-fiction, filmmakers, Truly CA: Our State, Our Stories. From Mexican fruit vendors in Oakland to the Tenderloin's history of transgender activism, Truly CA brings to life true stories from around the Golden State. While the films will vary in both subject and approach, they will all be compelling California stories told by an eclectic crop of documentary filmmakers who have demonstrated the talent and tenacity to produce their projects independently, but lack the resources to complete the final post production or a broadcaster's commitment to air them. In addition to a broadcast on KQED, Truly CA offers participating filmmakers in-kind resources necessary for completing their projects and making them broadcast ready, as well as a project Web site, broadcast promotion, and professional mentoring. The series airs monthly on Sundays at 6pm, a time slot that KQED has reserved for independent works.
[California]
The California Report www.thecaliforniareport.org
Since 1995 The California Report has brought listeners award winning coverage of California news and issues. The show's combination of daily news, in-depth features and special reports reaches more than 541,000 listeners each week. 9-minute morning reports are broadcast each weekday during NPR's Morning Edition and a weekly 30-minute newsmagazine airs on Fridays at 4:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. Topics range from the environment and education, to health, to criminal and social justice. Events coverage and specials include the annual Governor's State of the State address, candidate debates, and election night specials. This KQED production is broadcast in 50 cities and towns across the state.
[California, news and public affairs]
Forum with Michael Krasny www.kqed.org/forum
KQED's live public affairs program is broadcast throughout Northern California every weekday from 9 am to 11 am. This award-winning program presents balanced discussions of local, state, national, and world issues as well as in-depth interviews with leading figures in politics, science, entertainment, and the arts. Forum is available via podcast and archives of each show are available at www.kqed.org.
[California, news and public affairs, arts and culture]
Early Learning www.kqed.org/topics/family/parents/
A program for childcare professionals and parents of pre-schoolers, Early Learning uses popular public television children's shows, such as Mr. Roger's Neighborhood, Sesame Street, and Reading Rainbow, to encourage literacy and math skills, improve health practices, and address other important issues, such as diversity and managing angry feelings, with families in disadvantaged communities. We hold workshops at KQED and throughout the Bay Area to model skill-building activities and techniques for parents to use with their children on a daily basis, and train childcare professionals who work with Bay Area families and caregivers. After attending a workshop, participants receive a year subscription to KIDSWATCH, a colorful monthly newsletter produced by KQED. Each issue includes reader-friendly articles about early childhood education, learning activities, and a KQED children's program guide, which is also printed in Spanish.
[educational outreach-children and families]
Hands On Literacy www.kqed.org/topics/education/ childcare/handsonliteracy.jsp
Hands on Literacy is a national program that KQED has implemented throughout the Bay Area. KQED partners with community organizations to provide free books to families who attend monthly literacy workshops. The workshops are based on a "View-Read-Do" model in which parents and children watch videos that are connected thematically to a creative activity and a free book that they are given to take home. Parents are shown by example how to read with their children, and how they can create activities that build on the ideas in books and videos. Hands on Literacy target audience is families who, for reasons of low-literacy, low-income, or cultural barriers, do not include books in their daily routine. KQED's Hands on Literacy effort is the largest in the PBS system, and has distributed over 90,000 free books since 1998. To serve our Spanish and Chinese speaking families, we have developed bilingual materials and offer books in English, Spanish, and Chinese.
[literacy, educational outreach-children and families]
Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest www.kqed.org/topics/family/ parents/readingrainbow/
This incredibly popular annual competition encourages Kindergarten through Third Graders from all around the Bay Area to write and illustrate their own stories. From nearly 600 entries, First, Second, Third, and Honorable Mention Winners for each grade are selected and honored at a community awards ceremony. Winners receive educational prizes, including books and savings bonds. First Place stories are made into digital stories to air on KQED Channel 9, are streamable on KQED.org, and are entered into the national contest. In past years, young winners have been featured on Forum with Michael Krasny for lively discussions between guests and callers on children's storytelling.
[educational outreach-children]
School Services www.kqed.org/topics/education/educators/
The backbone of KQED's School Services program is a variety of professional development workshops for teachers. KQED has developed a broad range of curriculum materials to complement KQED and PBS programs, with a strong focus on the arts, civic engagement, and diversity. These materials are available free on the KQED Web site, and free workshops are held to help teachers learn how to use the video and DVD-based materials more effectively. More and more, we provide workshops to help teachers understand how to use media-based technology to enhance their lesson plans, and how to use PBS and KQED produced programming in the classroom.
[professional development-teachers, technology]
Bay Area Mosaic www.kqed.org/mosaic
Using KQED and PBS educational documentaries as a starting point, Bay Area Mosaic provides K-12 educators and community-based organizations with workshops and online resources for teaching students how different cultures, current events and history shapes our community. Online lessons are correlated to California state standards for language arts, social sciences, American democracy, history, and ethnic studies classes.
KQED also uses special community screenings of these programs as part of our efforts to encourage civic engagement in neighborhoods throughout the Bay Area, and as part of a series of diversity workshops we provide for Bay Area companies.
[diversity, community and educational outreach, professional development-teachers]
Digital Storytelling Initiative dsi.kqed.org
The KQED Digital Storytelling Initiative is an ongoing outreach program that consists of educational and theme-based workshops, on-site technical assistance, and an annual Digital Storytelling Contest for local high school-aged youth. The hands-on workshops and in-class units are designed to teach youth, educators, and community-based organizations the principles of multimedia through digital storytelling with an emphasis on information and media literacy skill development; finding, telling, scripting, and publishing stories rooted in personal experience; and software skill development for editing and production. Emphasis is placed on the development of digital stories that are relevant to the participants and connected to important social issues. KQED's mobile computer lab brings this training to educators and students in underserved communities that would otherwise be without the technological resources to participate. We also help to build our partner organizations' capacity by offering "train-the-trainer" workshops where educators learn the skills necessary to train their peers in digital storytelling technologies and techniques.
[technology, professional development-teachers, educational outreach-youth]
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