If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front Watch the full episode. See more POV. If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front explores two of America’s most pressing issues — environmentalism and terrorism — by lifting the [...]
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This segment is a few months old, but creative hacking is pretty timeless. How ‘gesture technology’ like Microsoft Kinect will change the way we live | Need to Know Here’s a term you may not have heard yet — but we can just about guarantee that you will. It’s called “gesture technology” — using our [...]
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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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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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 that aims [...]
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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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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 [...]