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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'PBS'
Let’s Put the ‘Public’ back in Public Broadcasting
May 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Future of public media, News, PBS, Public Affairs, Public Media
Tags:future of PBS·Future of public media·Gwen Ifill·journalism·PBS·Public Affairs·Washington Week in Review
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 [...]
Tags:Documentary·film distribution·Future of public media·Hot Docs·PBS·public television
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
Tags:future of PBS·Future of public media·Need to Know·News·Online video·PBS·PBS News·social media
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, [...]
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 [...]
Tags:future of PBS·Future of public media·Mission·PBS·Sister station·values·vision·WSKG
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 [...]
Tags:Documentary·Education·Educational Programming·Filmmaking·Mountain Lake PBS·PBS·PBS History
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.
Tags:Documentary·Food Inc.·independent film·ITVS·Notes on Milk·PBS·POV