CPB Awards Firelight Media Grant to Expand its Producers' Lab

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has awarded Firelight Media Producers’ Lab, a public television documentary mentorship project, a $2.55 million dollar grant to expand recruitment to all regions of the United States, bringing more diverse talent into public media.

Firelight Media’s Producers’ Lab is designed to advance the careers of diverse filmmakers, providing a structure and community that supports producers throughout the development of their projects. Through the grant, the Producers’ Lab will be able to recruit 30-40 producers over three years from underrepresented regions including the South, Midwest, Southwest, Alaska, and Hawaii.

The producers will work with Stanley Nelson, as well as with a team of senior producers, writers, editors, and fundraising specialists to create content that brings a wider range of diversity to the public broadcasting schedule.