Who will pay the messengers?
by Adam | November 13, 2009 | lamp | Comments Off
Public Broadcasting Act of 1967
“that constitute a source of alternative sources for all . . .”
ACCESS to information and networks
OUTREACH to underserved communities
SERVICE public with information
What should public media become given:
technological convergence; information abundance; new publics; participatory capabilities
The media no longer can just reach out but others also have to (and can) reach in
The case for public media:
Market Failures
Non-Market Objectives
$10 billion plus investment
Create where the market fails to create
- not just creation from scratch but also curation (aggregate at large) and then connect
Can public media SAVE journalism?
Digital networks make it more likely but the original 1967 public broadcasting act makes it difficult. Most of the federal support goes to public broadcasting
Many of the most exciting public media projects involve connections with community groups. This echoes the comments by Paul Bass on the previous panel in which he discussed that the citizen journalist is not king – still need the professional journalist – but the citizen (journalist) has a bigger role to play
