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Oil prices have skyrocketed, and the cost of everything related to energy is rising in response.
What will be the impact of this new reality on public media. I’ve been offering some thoughts, hoping they’ll serve as conversation starters.
Now, more than ever, it’s time to engage the community.
I don’t recommend holding off on that cool community [...]

The price of energy has risen as oil prices have skyrocketed, and the cost of everything related to energy (and that’s a lot) is starting to rise in response. Infrastructure expenses like travel and utilities are eating into other budget lines, and that should force us to think more creatively about how we do business.
How [...]

Energy and other costs are rising, and we’re just beginning to feel the ripple effect through the rest of the economy. Public media organizations are approaching the next year conservatively, assuming a downturn, and one which might last for awhile.
So, how will you adapt? This week, I’m posting thoughts on a couple of the many [...]

Are we in a recession? Hard to say. Unlike being hit on the head with a hammer, for instance, we don’t truly know if we’re in a recession until it’s stopped hurting. Is oil going to hit $200 a barrel, as some have predicted? Or $250? We don’t know.
What we do know is this: even [...]

American University’s Center for Social Media has posted video and audio from the recent Beyond Broadcast gathering.
I attended BB in 06 and 07 but couldn’t make it because of schedule conflicts this year. If you found yourself in a similar situation, then check out the very complete report here.
I’ve just started digging into this, but [...]

I’ve already written about Ning and it’s potential for public media, from social networking at conferences to the platform for your station’s public forum.
Rob Paterson mentioned his plan to use Ning for a project in the comments, and now he’s posted in great detail on how he and KETC, and a larger community of public [...]

Nice piece by Rob Bole, of One Economy (described as a global nonprofit using technology to improve the lives of low income people), describing ways in which public media can gain more traction in a diverse and jam-packed media landscape.
Rob offers some thoughts on how he thinks public media can leverage its high quality content [...]

The video says it all - thanks to PRX and Launch Production (as well as CPB) for all the hard work of recruiting these talents!

Diane Mermigas has a great piece exploring ways for public media to monetize its content and generate new revenues - something a lot of us are thinking about… well, right about now.
Her strong opening line: Nonprofit public media–and most especially public broadcasting–will embrace interactive Web tools that connect companies, producers and distributors of content and [...]

YouTube is doing away with it’s 10-minute posting limit, allowing a new maximum file size of 1 GB. Silicon Alley Insider has the story, noting this test applies only to “content partners,” but this has important medium-term implications for public media, and it signals (I hope) a more nuanced view of online video than the [...]

Conference organizers are always trying to make their event have an impact well beyond the actual conference. Ning’s “Make your own social network” product is a good way to do that.
Beyond Broadcast used it for yesterday’s conference; WAMU also uses it for its forum called “The Conversation.” Check out the sites. They look great. [...]

I wasn’t able to get away for the Beyond Broadcast gathering this year - a shame because I went the first two years and was excited and overwhelmed by all the great stuff. There’s always next year.
Dennis Haarsager, NPR interim CEO, was among the speakers yesterday and AU’s Center for Social Media blog has an [...]