Public Media Showcase

In late March, CPB announced support for seven collaborative journalism centers in specific regions across the country, designed to counteract the decline of local journalism. Here we check in on how these Local Journalism Centers (LJCs) are progressing, and how well they’re succeeding in engaging users.Read more...

Fresh from their ambitious multi-city Facing the Mortgage Crisis project, KETC/Channel 9 in St. Louis has launched a new community-based news project on another hot topic: immigration.   Read more...

The term “public media,” as defined by the Center for Social Media’s Public Media 2.0, is an analytical frame that privileges the notion of an open, participatory and collaborative mediascape. This mediascape involves a multitude of media and actors — not just media makers, but also nonprofits, community anchor institutions, educational institutions, online platforms, policy organizations, cultural organizations, and government. Using the frame of  public media as a lens, I conducted an academic research study

As previously mentioned in the Showcase, the Center for Social Media supports the work of selected graduate students who research topics related to the future of public media. This week, we are featuring the work of David Norton, who recently completed his second master’s degree at American University, where he developed strategies, tools, and metrics for participatory, social media-driven advocacy campaigns. Norton currently works as a freelance campaign consultant in Oxford, UK.

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