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I point to an article by Laura Efurd on media policy and the next Presidency over at Grantmaker’s for Film and Electronic Media’s website entitled Media Policy And The Next Presidency: The Time Is Now.

Here are her suggestions for funders:

• Support educational and informational activities related to media and technology policy issues throughout the electoral process, such as education forums.
• Fund research to gather more robust data on broadband access, media ownership, and the digital divide. Also, make foundation-supported research available to the new administration.
• Support efforts to place educational materials, policy experts, and lists of potential appointment candidates in front of key people in the new administration.
• Help build an infrastructure between national, regional and local advocates to work together to advance an agenda. This could include activities such as a national media policy institute in D.C. for local advocates to learn about and participate in advocacy at the federal level.
• Invest in social media technology so that policy advocates can take full advantage of the innovative new ways to engage and mobilize supporters.

• Provide operating support for the day-to-day work of local, regional and national media and technology non-profits. This support must take place both in preparation for, and throughout the course of, a new administration.

What do you think? What else can or should funders do regarding supporting media policy in the public interest?