Crafting Policy for Public Media 2.0

‣ Jessica Clark, Center for Social Media, AU

‣ Sara DeWitt, PBS KIDS Interactive

‣ John Boland, Chief Content Officer, PBS

‣ Nathaniel James, Media and Democracy Coalition

Public media 2.0 policy:

‣ Infrastructure

‣ Content

‣ Engagement

Game Changers:

‣ New administration/stimulus

‣ New platforms/habits

New user habits:

‣ Choice

‣ Curation

‣ Conversation

‣ Creation

‣ Collaboration

Key areas to support:

‣ Creation/curation of original, relevant reporting and analysis

‣ Directly engaging publics around current issues—both online and off

Example: Public Radio Tunerhttp://www.publicradiotuner.com

Example: Ushahidi on Al Jazeerahttp://labs.aljazeera.net/warongaza/

‣ NOTE: create visual that demonstrates national network and new collaborative roles for stations

www.futureofpublicmedia.net