Can you say Dorky and Awesome in the same breath! via youtube.com
Netflix just keeps setting the pace. The real shocker may be the note at the bottom of the article about Netflixes share of the digital movie biz… 61%!! Now it’s getting really interesting. Netflix is in talks to buy a remake of the British TV series “House of Cards” starring Kevin Spacey and director David [...]
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Disastrous news. The skeleton crew (one 10th the normal staff) is forced by spiking gamma radiation to walk away from two (soon-to-be burning) fuel storage ponds – one with a 10 meter hole in its containment – AND the remaining unstable reactor unit #2. Big trouble for the world. A spike in radiation levels at [...]
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Trina Cutter has outlined an agile business model for PBS stations that needs to be seriously embraced by stations facing budget shortfalls, increased expectations and younger workers with different workplace expectations. Even stations such as ours (Mountain Lake PBS) that still operate with full-time staffers can adopt a “gig economy” mindset. (This article is abridged [...]
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Here are two great examples of documentaries that greatly benefited from the freedom from length or format restrictions. When I evaluate a story’s possibilities, I’m trying to imagine how different platforms might liberate a story that would otherwise be short-changed as a feature doc length (90 minutes) or worse broadcast length (56 min). http://gaza-sderot.arte.tv/ http://prisonvalley.arte.tv/ [...]
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Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) initiatives are getting a lot of attention in education circles for good reason. American kids have been falling behind in these disciplines for years. Pub Media producers should keep their antennae tuned to projects that offer STEM partnerships ’cause the funding will follow (hopefully.) Sep 30, 2010 STEM Collaborative [...]
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via rjionline.org Live stream available for the hyperlocal news junkie who wants to track the trends.
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via video.pbs.org A beautiful way to spend 6 minutes… thank you Jessica Edwards and POV.
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