Boston TV Station Asks Viewers to Fund Special About Adoption
An article in The Boston Globe noted that public broadcasting station WGBH is asking viewers to help finance a $1.6 million documentary about the changing nature of adoption. The project, tentatively titled “Adoption: An American Revolution,” would include a two-hour TV special and an outreach effort through libraries and schools, according to executive producer Judith Vecchione. The show is tentatively scheduled to air in November 2006.
The station received a grant from PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, but still needs to raise matching funds for about three-quarters of the project’s cost. Executives decided to solicit funds from not only corporations and foundations, but from the adoption community.
WGBH’s fund-raising targeted at those touched by adoption might work, for several reasons:
- Many of us in the adoption community are disgusted with the media’s usual gloom and doom reports about adoption. It would be refreshing to see adoption dealt with in a sensitive, in-depth manner.
- That would likely happen with this project, which is inspired by Adam Pertman’s fabulous book, Adoption Nation. Pertman, the senior adviser for the project, is the executive director of the highly-respected Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute. I would trust any project he stands behind.
- Finally, WGBH produces about a third of the prime time content on PBS, and is highly successful at raising viewer pledges. To learn more, visit www.adoptionfilm.org.
Source: The Boston Globe,
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