Congressfolk and Cameras

Susan Herr | September 15, 2009 | 0 Comments

For the second year in a row, PhilanthroMedia was invited to cover the release of the Middle Class Scorecard for our client, the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy.  Last year, representatives who received ‘A’s’ were willing to stay for a brief recognition event.  This year, they had come off the floor from a vote [...]

PM Interviews Majors, NY Times Takes Note

Susan Herr | December 7, 2008 | 0 Comments

“Instead of writing a report or issuing a critique or counting the number of times that the presidential candidates have talked about cities, we decided that the voices that really need to be heard are the mayors’ themselves. “
That’s Andrea Batista Schlesinger, head of the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (DMI), commenting in the [...]

Making News Break for You

Susan Herr | August 4, 2008 | 0 Comments

This year, the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy invited PhilanthroMedia to join the “rapid response” team it establishes each year to advance progressive analysis of the President’s State of the Union address.
Our interview, conducted with DMI’s Andrea Batista-Schlesinger, was posted to YouTube within hours of the address. The summary (2:18 minutes) has garnered more [...]