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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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Let’s Put the ‘Public’ back in Public Broadcasting

May 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Future of public media, News, PBS, Public Affairs, Public Media

I usually try to shorten reposted blogs, but this Gwen Ifill/Jay Rosen dialogue has really caught my interest. I’m convinced that public media needs to be looking at itself HARDER and with more real concern than we are. Because the tidal wave is about to wash over us… (for more background on the Ifill/Rosen story [...]

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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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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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Pitch Perfect at the Toronto Documentary Forum

May 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Documentary, Filmmaking

Dispatch from Toronto | Hot Docs ’10: Pitch Perfect at the Toronto Documentary Forum
by Basil Tsiokos (May 7, 2010)

The scene at the Toronto Documentary Forum. Photo courtesy of Hot Docs/Joseph Michael.

Hundreds of broadcasters, funders, filmmakers, and other observers convened this Wednesday and Thursday morning for the Toronto Documentary Forum, North America’s largest documentary market, [...]

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How Much Oil Has Leaked Into the Gulf of Mexico? | PBS NewsHour | PBS

May 6th, 2010 · No Comments · PBS, Public Affairs

How Much Oil Has Leaked Into the Gulf of Mexico?

By: Chris Amico

via pbs.org
I was trying to explain this crisis to my six-year old son yesterday… images from the ‘net helped, but this counter really hit me in the solar plexus.

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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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Sister station with a mission! WSKG has the best mission/vision/values that a station could ask for!

May 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Educational Programming, Future of public media, PBS

Thanks @AmyWoo and the Twitter Chat group #pubmedia for the tipoff to go read this statement.
About

Mission
Guided by your aspirations, WSKG serves to inspire with the highest quality educational programming, explore the arts, culture and heritage of the region and beyond, engage in thoughtful consideration of news and issues of importance, and entertain with the [...]

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Secrets of the Dead: Japanese Super Sub Tomorrow Night on Mountain Lake PBS

May 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Documentary, Filmmaking, History, PBS

The Japanese I-400 Class Submarine was an underwater aircraft carrier — a top-secret weapon so potent that it very nearly changed the course of the war. JAPANESE SUPER SUB answers many questions that still surround this unusual weapon: How did the Japanese create this technological marvel? How dangerous was it? Could it really have changed [...]

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Naturalist Mark Fraser with some summertime snake fun!

May 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Educational Programming, Local stories, Mountain Lake Journal, Multi-media

Check out the latest video below from Mountain Lake Journal EXTRA’s frequent contributor – Adirondack naturalist Mark Fraser. He’s also got a new blog. Be sure to go visit his site and bookmark or better yet, subscribe to his blog feed (see my post from earlier tonight.)
You can also subscribe to his video channel [...]

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Notes on Milk | POV | PBS Video

April 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Documentary, Educational Programming, PBS

via video.mountainlake.org
For anyone who missed the broadcast premiere of Food, Inc. last night on Mountain Lake PBS… here’s a less known short film from POV that aired immediately afterward. A lyrical 20 minute piece with a little known story that affects us all.

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