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In 2010, the Future of Public Media Project shifts gears from analysis to action

Posted by Jessica Clark on Dec 26, 2009

After many months of deliberation about “What is public media?” pieces have started to fall into place. Public broadcasting leaders, innovators both within and outside of the sector, nonprofit and educational leaders, funders, and policymakers are all shifting into a new gear—and they’re looking to the reports and tools that CSM has created for guidance about how best to transform to serve publics in an open, participatory media ecosystem. Interest in public media 2.0 outside of the usual circles is also growing. I spent the last few months of 2009 describing … more

 

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Reflecting on public media 2.0 in 2009 and looking ahead to 2010

This year, we’ve featured some truly innovative projects in the Public Media 2.0 Showcase. As described in our white paper, Public Media 2.0: Dyanamic,more

Why Does Public Media 2.0 Matter?

Don’t miss this recent short by Nonso Christian Ugbode of the National Black Programming Consortium on why public media 2.0 matters: Why Does Public Mediamore

KETC’s Mortgage Crisis Project Brings Public into Public Media

Facing the Mortgage Crisis, a multi-platform community outreach project spearheaded by KETC/Channel 9 in St. Louis, has become a model for public broadcasting … more

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