The Knight Commission sees new thinking about news and information as a necessary step to sustaining democracy in the digital age. It thus follows in the footsteps of the 1940s Hutchins Commission and the Kerner and Carnegie Commissions of the 1960s.
But in the digital age, the stakes are even higher. Technological, economic and behavioral changes are dramatically altering how Americans communicate. Communications systems no longer run along the lines of local communities, and the gap in access to digital tools and skills is wide and troubling.
The Commission seeks to start a national discussion - leading to real action. Its aims are to maximize the availability and flow of credible local information; to enhance access and capacity to use the new tools of knowledge and exchange; and to encourage people to engage with information and each other within their geographic communities.
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The WGBH Lab invites YOU to help shape the future of public media. (with an assist from uVu)
Consider this an OPENING, a chance to share your FRESH ideas as the NEXT generation of independent and public media makers.
The engine of the Lab is INNOVATION. In an age where any screen—your TV, your computer, your cell phone or PDA—is part of the media experience, we seek to develop content for these new "small screens." Pitch your story to Open Call, and take it from concept to completion. Don't have a camera? Sift through the Sand Box, loaded with rights-free archival footage, and see what happens when you mash it up. If you're ready to take your indie work to a new level, apply for a year as a Filmmaker in Residence.
Want to offer a South Florida perspective? Upload to uVu.
PBS celebrated National Poetry Month in April with 30 Days of Poetry -- which are now available Online and On Air.
Beginning in April, Poetry Everywhere, took a fresh look at poetry. Using a variety of production approaches, that featured films of poets reading their own work, animated interpretations of much-loved poems, and celebrities reading personal favorites. WPBT will be airing the videos at unexpected moments during their broadcast schedules but we also have them available on demand at our video site, uVu.
Poetry Everywhere Executive Producer Brigid Sullivan explains, "We hope that this project will expose a diverse audience to a broad spectrum of poetic voices; build an appreciation and an audience for poetry; and increase the presence of poets and poetry within the two most ubiquitous media in American popular culture." David Grubin, the series producer, "hopes that poetry will become a part of the PBS landscape, offering moments of meditation and even revelation throughout the day."
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