About Homelands

WHAT WE ARE

Homelands Productions is an independent nonprofit journalism cooperative. Since our founding in 1989, we have reported from more than 60 countries, produced nine special series for public radio and television, and won 22 national and international awards.

We also serve as a nonprofit fiscal sponsor for projects that excite us, and our Public Interest Reporting Defense Fund helps journalists whose work has gotten them in trouble.

WHO WE ARE

Producer-members Sandy Tolan, Alan Weisman, Jonathan Miller, Ruxandra Guidi, and Bear Guerra work in radio, podcasting, photography, video, and print. We are also authors, teachers, and mentors.

WORK WITH US

We love collaborating with other people, projects, and organizations. We also serve as fiscal sponsor for projects that align with our mission. If you’d like to explore how we might work together, send us a note at info@homelands.org.

SUPPORT OUR WORK

Our work would be impossible without the generosity of supporters who share our commitment to high-quality public-interest journalism. Please donate online or visit our support page for more options.

Nuisance Bear wins Herzog Award

The feature-length documentary directed by Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden of Documist has won the 2026 Werner Herzog Film Award, a prestigious prize conferred on one film each year by the director Werner Herzog. Homelands served as the film's fiscal sponsor.
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“Cool Shoes” debuts at Tribeca

Jonathan Miller's short audio piece about a young Kenyan inventor and his mother debuted before a live audience at the Tribeca Festival in June. It also aired on the public radio program The World.
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Nuisance Bear wins grand prize at Sundance

Directed by Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman of Documist, the film looks at the relationship between polar bears, tourists, wildlife officers, and First Nations people in northern Canada. Homelands is the fiscal sponsor.
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