Both sides have claimed early victories in the case of documentarian Joe Berlinger vs. Chevron over access to the raw footage he shot for his expose “Crude” on Amazonian oil exploitation. I’ve blogged about the case and the filmmaking community reaction here.
On Thursday, the appeals judge ruled that Berlinger must turn over Crude [...]
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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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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. [...]
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Here is my response to the provocative site PBS revolution and the thoughtful post by John Proffitt posted yesterday.
Colin Powers said…
Like John, I’m interested to see how the dialogue develops on some of your provocative ideas. Anyone involved in the PBS system who doesn’t feel the pain of investing heavily in [...]
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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 offer regular [...]
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One of my recent favorite segments on Mountain Lake Journal Extra was getting lost in the chatter, so I’m unearthing it here:
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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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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 [...]
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