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Back on the Map
October 2011Transom Donor Fund winner, Allison Swaim is traveling the world via cargo ship and documenting her journey as she goes. She checks in with us now from Sweden and catches us up on what’s happened since we last heard from her.
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Sounds & Echoes: A Buffalove Story
August 2011Sounds & Echoes is another of Transom’s Donor Fund projects; we admire the spirit of the thing. It’s a web/radio love song to the music of Buffalo, NY, but more than that, it’s a testament to directed collaborative creative energy. The producers write about how they moved from an idea to a project, and what they want to do next.
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Packing Dilemma
July 2011Allison Swaim on what one packs for a year long trip on cargo ships to get the story of global trade.
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Living In My Story
July 2011Before getting on a cargo ship to sail around the world, I needed to know what I was getting into. So I spent nine days on the Great Lakes aboard the Calumet as a trial run for my yearlong project.
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Mapping A Route
July 2011Next week, I board a cargo ship and set sail on a yearlong adventure. My plan? Circumnavigate the globe by ship. Spend time in port cities en route. Document global trade from the perspective of people who carry out the actual, physical process.
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A Year at Sea
July 2011Transom Donor Fund winner, Allison Swaim, starts her on-going, real-time account of a year circumnavigating the globe on cargo ships. Tape and all.
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Transom Donor Fund Winners - by Jay Allison
June 2011We're proud to announce the winners of our first ever Transom Donor Fund. Thanks to the donors who made this possible and thanks to everyone who applied. Learn more about the five winning projects and producers here.
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2011 Transom Donor Fund
February 2011Some of Transom's users, bless their hearts, sent in donations at the end of 2010. We've decided to use those funds to pay more for the next few Shows, hoping to help some talented producers finish their pet projects and give them a first home.
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