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.
Entries Tagged as 'PBS'
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 [...]
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
Revolution PBS: Efficiency Idea 1
April 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Digital Television, Educational Programming, Future of public media, PBS
This new (anonymous) voice in the ether is offering up some radical, and, it seems, well motivated ideas about how to change up the public television system. Certainly worth wrestling with or embracing depending on your point of view… Efficiency Idea 1 In our quest to identify ways that PBS can cut costs, we will [...]
Tags:DTV·Educational Programming·future of PBS·hyperlocal journalism·journalism·Mountain Lake PBS·PBS·PBS History·Public Affairs·social media
Video Games as Art
April 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Illustration - Animation, Mountain Lake Journal, Multi-media, News, Public Affairs
One of my recent favorite segments on Mountain Lake Journal Extra was getting lost in the chatter, so I’m unearthing it here:
Tags:Art·Art Games·Burlington·Firehouse·Gallery·Mountain Lake PBS·Paul Larson·PBS·Public Affairs·Spotlight·Video·Video Games
Green Screen Crazy!
March 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Documentary, Filmmaking, PBS
Mountain Lake used green screen technology to great effect in our recent documentary “Forgotten War” (all the interviews) and continue to use it in studio on a pretty frequent basis. What many of us don’t realize is just how many “Hollywood” projects rely on virtual sets & green screen to complete their shots. Check out [...]
Tags:Documentary·filmmaker resources·Mountain Lake PBS·PBS·production·Robert Rogers·technology·Video
C’mon dad! Can’t I be next…?
March 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Multi-media, PBS
clipped from www.current.org WGBH steps into the future with mobile DTV simulcasts WGBH is going where no station has gone before: This week it launched the first mobile DTV service in the system. The station is simulcasting its main HD channel along with its ‘GBH Kids Channel and two audio program streams. It’s the first [...]