Converge

Rob Paterson has posted a presentation on the project he’s working on with the team at KETC in St. Louis. It’s quite impressive, with interesting partnerships, including with an online newspaper, and a well-chosen first issue: the subprime mortgage crisis.

It looks like they’re calling the concept 9Network (I love the name). This is a multi-layered initiative that draws on the strength of the television operation (and 9 STL is doing pretty well) and weaves into the strengths of the community. The result is a network mobilized to serve the community: public media.

This is an initiative to watch and to shamelessly copy.