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The following OSI initiatives, listed alphabetically, support at least one program or organization active in media, arts & culture issues.

Arts & Culture Program

The Arts and Culture Program promotes cultural and artistic collaboration throughout the Soros foundations network; fosters structural changes in cultural policy; and helps develop an autonomous and innovative arts sector. more

Central Eurasia Project

The Central Eurasia Project strives to enhance policy debate on key issues affecting Central Asia and the South Caucasus as well as several countries in the Middle East and North Africa. more

Documentary Photography Project

Through grantmaking, exhibitions, and training workshops, the Documentary Photography Project supports photographers whose work addresses social justice and human rights issues that coincide with OSI’s mission. more

Information Program

The Information Program promotes the equitable deployment of knowledge and communications resources for civic empowerment and effective democratic governance. more

Media Program

The Media Program assists in the development and establishment of media systems marked by freedom, pluralism, and the inclusion of minority voices and opinions. more

Middle East & North Africa Initiative

OSI's Middle East & North Africa Initiative operates primarily as a grantmaking program on issues ranging from knowledge and information to women's rights. more

Open Society Fellowship

The Open Society Fellowship enables innovative professionals—including journalists, activists, academics, and practitioners—to work on projects that inspire meaningful public debate, shape public policy, and generate intellectual ferment within the Open Society Institute. more

Special Initiatives

The Special Initiatives program was established to develop a set of global grant-giving projects that build upon the Soros network’s strengths in promoting human rights and accountability. more

OSI Forum: Organizing and Technology in the Obama Campaign
OSI-New York
March 23, 2009
 AUDIO
Open Society Fellow Zack Exley led a conversation about how Obama field organizing efforts involving the Internet represented a radical departure from traditional electoral campaigns.  more

OSI Forum: The Future of News
OSI-New York
March 16, 2009
 AUDIO
Paul Steiger of ProPublica discussed new business models for reporting, their strengths and weaknesses, and what it takes to produce high-quality journalism.  more

OSI Forum: The Future of Freedom and Control in the Internet Age
OSI-New York
February 10, 2009
 VIDEO    AUDIO
Open Society Fellows Rebecca MacKinnon and Evgeny Morozov explored the changing landscape of Internet censorship and the role that governments, corporations, and individuals play in enabling it.  more

OSI Forum: Citizen Journalism in Recent Crises
OSI-New York
December 10, 2008
 AUDIO
The Open Society Fellowship program presented a discussion with fellow Evgeny Morozov on citizen journalism in recent crises in South Ossetia, Mumbai, and Kenya.  more

Television Across Europe: More Channels, Less Independence
February 2009
This Open Society Institute report assesses changes in broadcasting legislation, policy, and markets and their impact on the independence of television, especially in the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe. more

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