Public Media Showcase

In today’s noisy and often confusing news environment, a central role for public media is to provide credible, reliable information to a broad range of citizens. FluPortal, a CPB-funded project, led by PRX in collaboration with NPR, is designed to do just that. Read more...

Every year, the Center for Social Media supports selected graduate students at American University in producing research that pertains to the future of public media. One of the past year's students is Joshua Berg, who received an MA in Public Communication from American University in 2009. He now works for PBS Interactive, helping with the inaugural nationwide launch of the Comprehensive Online Video Ecosystem (COVE). He is also currently implementing PBS's first ever monetization plan for locally produced video (which he designed) and serving as the key liaison in the areas of analytics and user support. Read more...

"The issues that we tackle in our films are very powerful," said youth filmmaker Lenah Perez in a newsletter from the New York-based youth media organization, Global Action Project. "I should say the way we tackle the issues is powerful, the issues are important -- to look at the world as the big picture and to fight for this world."Read more...

ColorLines, the national racial justice magazine, has made a major shift — moving from a print publication to a primarily Web and mobile-based system. How might this shift the outlet’s relationship to its users, and influence the impact that it hopes to make?Read more...

This year, we’ve featured some truly innovative projects in the Public Media 2.0 Showcase.Read more...