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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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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. A year after the successful launch of a hyperlocal journalism project in [...]

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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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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. I’ve added my comments from [...]

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23rd Congressional District Round-up on MLJ

October 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Educational Programming, Mountain Lake Journal, News, PBS, Public Affairs

Watch Mountain Lake Journal on Thursday for special coverage of the hottest electoral race in the US this year – our 23rd district race for John McHugh’s seat. Dede Scozzafava, Bill Owens and Doug Hoffman are all interviewed by Thom Hallock,  Brian Mann from NCPR will provide commentary and we’ll feature clips from the Owens [...]

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The NEW NewsHour

October 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Educational Programming, News, PBS, Public Affairs

Mountain Lake PBS will launch a new version of the NewsHour on December 7. Here’s a short discussion with Jim Lehrer about the changes: On December 7, 2009 The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer will re-launch with a new look, a new correspondent and a new program title: PBS NewsHour. Jim Lehrer, recently shared his thoughts [...]

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