On MediaShift today: new policy directions for public media 2.0

Check out my piece over at the MediaShift site, reflecting on how attendees at this week's FTC hearing on the future of journalism should broaden their thinking to include public media 2.0.

It's been a busy season for prognosticators who examine the intersection of public policy and media. Today will be particularly hectic for them, as journalists, bloggers, public broadcasters and policy wonks pack into a session at the Federal Trade Commission to ponder, yet again, "How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?".....Of course, any increase in taxpayer dollars for public broadcasting might be earmarked to support even more reporters. But serious policy proposals need to go further. Simply producing additional news doesn't address the demand side of the issue.

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