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Colin Powers reflects on PBS programming for the Adirondacks, Lake Champlain, & Quebec, public broadcasting, and the future of media distribution.

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Entries Tagged as 'Multi-media'

iPhone HD film-making has arrived!

June 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Filmmaking, Fun Stuff, Future of public media, High Definition, Journalism, Multi-media

Look out – here come’s mobile film-making! No excuses – the editing application is in the phone!

via vimeo.com

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Reinventing reporting and “crowd-sourcing” your stories

May 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Future of public media, Journalism, Local stories, Multi-media, Public Affairs, Public Media

This chain of newspapers is boldly striking out into digital territory that no other legacy media has ventured in (switching to free online tools and more), but I’m eager to consider how our station can adopt this idea:

Telling the Stories
A cornerstone of the Ben Franklin Project is the inclusion of everyone in the [...]

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CPB/PBS Producer’s Academy Take 1 – Gaming a social issue Doc

May 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Documentary, Filmmaking, Multi-media, PBS, Public Media

I’m thrilled to have been selected to attend the 25 person “CPB/PBS Producer’s Academy” at WGBH in Boston in late June. As students we have already been assigned quite a bit of homework and have learned who are classmates are. A very accomplished lot!
Here is a short video about the most recent work of Chelo [...]

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Coffee with your news? Beverage revenues the answer for pubmedia newsrooms?

May 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Future of public media, Journalism, Multi-media, News, Public Affairs, Public Media

Hyperlocal ‘news cafes’ are taking the Czech news scene by storm

By Teri Pecoskie

While newspapers scramble to figure out how to turn a profit in a quickly evolving industry, a small group of Czech publications might just hold the solution: Hyperlocal news. [...]

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Lobby group wants to make docs a priority for Public Television

May 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Documentary, Filmmaking, Future of public media, Multi-media, PBS

This group is looking worldwide, but I wonder how PBS might respond to this group’s plea.

Lobby group wants to make docs a priority for PSBs

by Kelly Anderson
At the recent Hot Docs festival, MercuryMedia CEO Tim Sparke took the opportunity to announce the launch of the Documentary Distributors’ Association, a group [...]

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Judge Rules That Filmmaker Must Give Footage to Chevron

May 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Documentary, Journalism, Multi-media, Public Affairs, Public Media

This ruling represents a shocking setback for investigative documentary journalism. The IDA and filmmaker Patrick Creadon (I.O.U.S.A., Wordplay) are circulating an open letter to show suport for freedom of the press. More info to come in this space about how to sign on to the letter.

Juan Diego Pérez/Entendre Films An Ecuadorean cancer [...]

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Ouch! “Need to Know” takes one for the team!

May 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Future of public media, Multi-media, News, PBS, Public Affairs, Public Media

Washington Post Critic takes on PBS for replacing Moyers with Need to Know:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/10/AR2010051005113.html
I’m not sure it is really deserved. Watch here and decide for yourself: http://video.mountainlake.org/program/1458405365/

via video.mountainlake.org

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The Next Big Thing – Traditional Television

May 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Digital Television, Future of public media, Multi-media

In 4th quarter 2009, the time spent per week with online videos, social networks, blogs, and mobile videos combined was barely 3% as much time as was spent watching television on a home TV set.
via baselineintel.com

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NPR Personalities Spoof Lady Gaga : NPR

May 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Multi-media, NPR, Public Media, Uncategorized

via npr.org
OK, this is really silly, but I’ve never actually seen what Robert Siegel, Nina Totenberg and Korva Coleman LOOK like… even though they’ve travelled 1000’s of miles in my car with me!

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PBS Revolution Discussion Continued…

May 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Digital Television, Documentary, Educational Programming, Future of public media, Local stories, Mountain Lake Journal, Multi-media, News, PBS, Public Affairs, Uncategorized

Below is a thread that began several weeks ago (as reported here and here) on Revolution PBS, an anonymous blog. I’m picking up the thread mid-stream. If you haven’t seen the beginning, you can start with my post linked above and then the “Spoonful of Sugar” post picked up here.

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