Appalshop News

AMI's Summer Documentary Institute Is Underway!

This year's Summer Documentary Institute is officially underway! Since 1988, the Appalachian Media Institute has hosted Appalachian youth…

Intersections of Faith and Freedom: All Episodes Out Now!

We are so pleased to share that all five episodes of Joshua Outsey’s Intersections of Faith and Freedom podcast are now available online!…

Nimrod Workman Enters the National Recording Registry

Nimrod Workman was a Kentucky-born coal miner, trade unionist, and folk singer who worked in the mines from age fourteen until black lung…

Where is Appalshop?

Many of you have asked about where Appalshop is physically these days. Great question! We actually have a few spaces in which we are…

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502 Film Lab Partnership + Juneteenth

We are proud to announce a partnership with 502 Film for their inaugural Front Porch Film Lab, a 10-day mentorship and project workshopping…

Welcome Appalshop's New Archive Director!

Appalshop is proud to welcome our new Archive Director, Chad Hunter, back to Appalshop. Chad was a co-founding archivist of the Appalshop…

Apply Now to the 2025 Summer Documentary Institute!

The Appalachian Media Institute (AMI) is accepting applications for our annual Summer Documentary Institute until April 30. Since 1988, the…

Hello, New WMMT Studio!

We are proud to share that WMMT-FM is moving into their new studio at 253A E. Main Street in downtown Whitesburg. Although the Possum Den,…

Aiding Appalachian Mental Health + a New CMI Film

In late fall 2024, Appalachia Media Institute Program Manager Tommy Anderson led a series of Mental Health First Aid training courses for…