From Global to Localore: Digital Public Media News

Digital Media and Democracy Worldwide: Public Media 2.0

What are the implications for democracy in the digital media transformation worldwide? What policies can protect diversity of expression, and what kind of funding is possible? How does the situation differ in different regions? Researchers across the globe participated in the Open Society Foundations' 60-country research initiative, Mapping Digital Media [2]. The Center's Senior Fellow Jessica Clark co-authored the U.S. report for the study, drawing from her work on the Future of Public Media project [3] and the Center’s white paper, Public Media 2.0 [4], to offer an analysis of the sector's transformation.

Localore Draws Diverse and Creative Self-Portraits from Local Public Stations

Bridging the gap between traditional broadcast public media and the fast-moving, interactive web world is the challenge the Association of Independents in Radio [5] has taken on with the Localore [6] project. It partners public broadcasters with multiplatform producers. The goal: engage local publics. Results of the first call for submissions are in; check them out to decide your favorites. Expanded local news operations? Listener-led storytelling? Cultural news?