User:Shanebperry/Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

The Salt Institute for Documentary Studies (Salt) is a non-profit institution located in Portland, Maine. Founded in 1973, Salt focuses on educating and promoting responsible storytelling in documentary practices alternative to filmmaking. Salt offers accredited semester programs in radio documentary, documentary photography, or nonfiction writing. The mission of Salt's experiential education programs is to “collect, communicate and preserve non-fiction stories about Maine people, culture and landscape that, as they relate to the larger world, foster community and celebrate the diversity and the commonality of humanity.”