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Why Does Public Media 2.0 Matter?

Don't miss this recent short by Nonso Christian Ugbode of the National Black Programming Consortium on why public media 2.0 matters:Read more...

Newspapers use Web 2.0 tools to keep cold cases alive

One of the most intriguing examples of Web 2.0 technology is its use in citizen online crime solving. With the help of online databases, maps and other interactive tools, local news outlets (and police departments) are able to combine investigative reporting and user participation in order to publicize “cold cases” to a degree that would have been unheard of a decade ago, and harness the energy of citizen sleuths.

News organizations run the gamut in how they present cold cases.Read more...

Universities 'On Fire' in Europe --Using social media to mobilize for action

Students in Austria have sparked a new, European-wide movement using social networking tools, as Global Voices Online reports; it's a fascinating example of participatory, grassroots public media in action. Read more...

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.

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Foodies, locavores and angry moms -- give thanks for public media 2.0

With Thanksgiving rapidly approaching, food is on many of our minds this week. Social media platforms have been a boon to foodies, with the proliferation of collective online restaurant reviews, food blogs, and online recipe sharing. Food activists—including food justice and food security advocates, proponents of organic and sustainable agriculture, world hunger activists, public health workers and school lunch reformists—are also all producing and consuming public media 2.0.Read more...