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GARRISON KEILLOR AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL FOR A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS DAY EDITION OF A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
Media Contact: David O'Neill
Prairie Home Productions
Phone: 651.999.1095
E-mail: davido@prairiehome.us
December 09, 2010
GARRISON KEILLOR AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL FOR A SPECIAL
CHRISTMAS DAY EDITION OF A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
Tickets for the December 25 broadcast go on sale at noon Friday, December 10.
(NEW YORK) Spend Christmas Day evening with Garrison Keillor and his guests when A Prairie Home Companion comes to the intimate, 449-seat Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center on December 25.
Keillor welcomes poet Sharon Olds (One Secret Thing; Strike Sparks: Selected Poems, 1980-2002); author Ian Frazier (Great Plains, Travels in Siberia), and playwright and author Paul Rudnick (Jeffrey; The New Century; I Shudder: And Other Reactions to Life, Death, and New Jersey).
Also on hand, pianist Rob Fisher, who spent four seasons leading the Coffee Club Orchestra on Keillor's show. Fisher is creator and artistic director of the Lyrics and Lyricist series at the 92nd Street Y, and music director for Broadway shows including Chicago and Anything Goes (opening April 2011).
Tickets for the Christmas Day APHC go on sale at noon Friday, December 10, available at Merkin Concert Hall Box Office, in person, by phone, or on the Web at merkinconcerthall.org.
Keillor says:
"We thought of taking the day off, and then thought better of it. Why should cops and bus drivers and waitresses have to work Christmas and radio close up shop? So I and some writers I especially admire will talk about Christmas when we were kids and read some writing about our respective families.Twilight on the 25th is when the conversation starts to turn toward Christmases past and the people we used to spend the day with, and that's what this show is about. Sweet reminiscence."
A Prairie Home Companion is heard on close to 600 public radio stations across the U.S., with a weekly audience that tops 4.3 million listeners. The program can also be heard on the Armed Forces Network Europe, the Far East Network, and in dozens of European cities via the Astra satellite network.
Garrison Keillor is the recipient of Grammy, ACE, and George Foster Peabody awards, and he has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His many books include Lake Wobegon Days, The Book of Guys, 77 Love Sonnets, Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance, and A Christmas Blizzard.
A Prairie Home Companion is produced by Prairie Home Productions and presented by American Public Media. The show is sponsored nationally by General Mills, Inc. and by Ford. Audio clips, scripts and more information on A Prairie Home Companion can be found online at www.prairiehome.org.
- WHAT: A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
- WHO: Garrison Keillor and special guests: author Ian Frazier, poet Sharon Olds, playwright Paul Rudnick, and pianist Rob Fisher
- WHEN: December 25, 2010 at 5:45 p.m. ET
- WHERE: Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
129 West 67th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam avenues)
New York, NY 10023 - TICKETS: Go on sale Friday, December 10, at noon
$20 plus handling fees
Purchase in person at Merkin Concert Hall Box Office, by phone at 212.501.3330,
or on the Web at merkinconcerthall.org - TUNE IN: Tune in Saturdays to any of hundreds of public radio stations coast to coast (many rebroadcast the show on Sunday). Or listen to a live audio Web stream. Check local listings or go to www.prairiehome.org for specifics.
- FOR MORE INFORMATION: go to www.prairiehome.org or contact David O'Neill at 651.999.1095 or davido@prairiehome.us
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A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION HEADS NORTH TO THE MINNESOTA CITIES OF BEMIDJI AND MORRIS FOR TWO FEBRUARY BROADCASTS
Media Contact: David O'Neill
Prairie Home Productions
Phone: 651.999.1095
E-mail: davido@prairiehome.us
December 08, 2010
A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION HEADS NORTH TO THE MINNESOTA CITIES OF BEMIDJI AND MORRIS FOR TWO FEBRUARY BROADCASTS
Tickets go on sale December 10 and 14.
(ST. PAUL, Minn.) A lot of Minnesotans will tell you: When it's February in the North Star State, head north (and a little west)! That's just what Garrison Keillor and the cast of A Prairie Home Companion plan to do.
On Saturday, February 12, 2011, the show leaves its St. Paul home base and sets up at the John S. Glas Fieldhouse at Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minnesota. Tickets for this show go on sale December 14, 2010, at noon CT.
And on Saturday, February 19, APHC moves on to Morris, Minnesota, broadcasting live from the Physical Education Center Gym at the University of Minnesota-Morris. Tickets for this show go on sale Friday, December 10, at 10:00 a.m. CT.
Actress Sue Scott, Tim Russell (the man of many voices), and sound-effects wizard Tom Keith will be on hand, along with the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, led by pianist Richard Dworsky. As always, there will be special guests; we'll hear from Private Eye Guy Noir and the Cowboys, Dusty and Lefty; and everyone will catch up on the news from Lake Wobegon during Keillor's signature monologue.
A Prairie Home Companion is heard on close to 600 public radio stations across the U.S., with a weekly audience that tops 4.3 million listeners. The program can also be heard on the Armed Forces Network Europe, the Far East Network, and in dozens of European cities via the Astra satellite network.
Garrison Keillor is the recipient of Grammy, ACE, and George Foster Peabody awards, and he has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His many books include Lake Wobegon Days, The Book of Guys, 77 Love Sonnets, Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance, and A Christmas Blizzard.
A Prairie Home Companion is produced by Prairie Home Productions and presented by American Public Media. The show is sponsored nationally by General Mills, Inc. and by Ford. Audio clips, scripts and more information on A Prairie Home Companion can be found online at www.prairiehome.org.
- WHAT: A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
- WHO: Garrison Keillor, with actors Tim Russell and Sue Scott, sound-effects ace Tom Keith, the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, led by Richard Dworsky, and special guests
- WHEN: Saturday, February 12, 2011
- WHERE: Bemidji, Minnesota (John S. Glas Fieldhouse at Bemidji State University)
- TICKETS:Tickets for the Bemidji show ($40, $35, $25) go on sale Tuesday, December 14, 2010, at noon CT. Order online through Ticketmaster.com, call 800.982.2787, or visit any Ticketmaster outlet. Bemidji State Campus information at www.bemidjistate.edu/admissions/undergrad/visit/maps
- WHEN: Saturday, February 19, 2011
- WHERE: Morris, Minnesota (Physical Education Center Gym at University of Minnesota-Morris)
- TICKETS:Tickets for the Morris show go on sale Friday, December 10, 2010, at 10 a.m. CT ($35, general admission; $10 for UMM students with student ID, one ticket per student). Tickets available at www.morris.umn.edu/newsevents/aphc. Additional information at www.morris.umn.edu/newsevents/aphc.
- TUNE IN: Tune in Saturdays to any of hundreds of public radio stations coast to coast (many rebroadcast the show on Sunday). Or listen to a live audio Web stream. Check local listings or go to www.prairiehome.org for specifics.
- FOR MORE INFORMATION: go to www.prairiehome.org or contact David O'Neill at 651.999.1095 or davido@prairiehome.us
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Marketplace Launches Interactive Tool to Share Tips on Saving Energy In Everyday Life
Contact: Jacqueline Cartier
(651) 290-1113
Marketplace Launches Interactive Tool to Share Tips on Saving Energy In Everyday Life
"The Green Tip & Trade" on marketplace.org features insights from NRDC, Dwell Magazine, Make Magazine, Sierra Club, your neighbors and more
Los Angeles, CA - (November 29, 2010) - Public radio's Marketplace is helping listeners improve their own environmental routines as the United Nations Climate Change Conference gathers in Cancun this week. The program's Sustainability Desk has created "The Green Tip & Trade" - a wealth of simple tips from national experts, radio listeners and you on how to reduce energy and water use and our overall personal environmental impacts on the world we live in.
The tips are focused on energy use in the home, in schools, in the workplace, in food production, and in recreational and travel activities. Users can search each category, add their own conservation tips, and participate in discussions on what measures are most effective and why.
"The Green Tip & Trade" has already garnered the participation of environmental leadership organizations and DIY publications. Tips include, "Don't pay to heat the outdoors. Seal and insulate your home to keep warm air inside," from the Natural Resource Defense Council. Dwell magazine says, "Build walls with dirt. The walls absorb heat slowly during the day, and release it incrementally in the evening which cuts down on energy consumption." The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency offers tips on growing green grass "the right way," and American Wasteland author Jonathan Bloom simply says, "Donít Stuff Your Fridge." To learn more about these tips, discover others, and contribute your own, visit www.marketplace.org.
In association with "The Green Tip & Trade", Marketplace will be airing periodic stories about solutions that small businesses and corporations are pursuing to lessen their environmental impacts. Individual submissions to "The Green Tip & Trade" may also be included in Marketplace radio broadcasts.
A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION BACK HOME IN ST. PAUL FOR FIVE WINTER SHOWS
Media Contact: David O'Neill
Prairie Home Productions
Phone: 651.999.1095
E-mail: davido@prairiehome.us
November 15, 2010
A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION BACK HOME IN ST. PAUL
FOR FIVE WINTER SHOWS
Tickets go on sale Tuesday November 16 for five fun-filled broadcasts from the Fitz!
(ST. PAUL, Minn.) There's no place like home base, and for A Prairie Home Companion, that's the historic Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul.
After taking the show on the road for a couple of months, Garrison Keillor and the cast and crew return home for five Saturday broadcasts from the Fitz: January 8, 15, 22, 29, and February 5, 2011. The shows begin at 4:45 p.m. CT.
Actress Sue Scott, Tim Russell (the man of many voices), and sound-effects wizard Tom Keith will be on hand, along with the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, led by pianist Richard Dworsky. As always, there will be a variety of special guests from near and far; we'll hear from Guy Noir, Private Eye; the Cowboys, Dusty and Lefty; the folks from Rhubarb, Catchup and P.O.E.M (Professional Organization of English Majors); and everyone will catch up on all the latest news from Lake Wobegon during Keillor's signature monologue.
Tickets go on sale at noon on Tuesday, November 16, available through Ticketmaster or in person at the Fitzgerald Theater. Minnesota Public Radio members may also order tickets by phone at 651.290.1200.
A Prairie Home Companion is heard on close to 600 public radio stations across the U.S., with a weekly audience that tops 4 million listeners. The program can also be heard on the Armed Forces Network Europe, the Far East Network, and in dozens of European cities via the Astra satellite network.
Garrison Keillor is the recipient of Grammy, ACE, and George Foster Peabody awards, and he has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His many books include Lake Wobegon Days, The Book of Guys, 77 Love Sonnets, Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance, and A Christmas Blizzard.
A Prairie Home Companion is produced by Prairie Home Productions and presented by American Public Media. The show is sponsored nationally by General Mills, Inc. and by Ford. Audio clips, scripts and more information on A Prairie Home Companion can be found online at www.prairiehome.org.
- WHAT: A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
- WHO: Garrison Keillor, with actors Tim Russell and Sue Scott, sound-effects ace Tom Keith, and the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, led by Richard Dworsky. Plus a variety of special guests.
- WHEN: Saturdays, January 8, 15, 22, 29, and February 5, 2011, 4:45 p.m. CT.
- WHERE: The Fitzgerald Theater, 10 East Exchange St. (at Wabasha), downtown St. Paul
- TICKETS: $32, $38, $48 (Minnesota Public Radio members receive a $2 discount). Order online through Ticketmaster.com, call 800.982.2787, or visit any Ticketmaster outlet. The general public may purchase tickets in person at the Fitzgerald box office. MPR members may also order tickets by phone at 651.290.1200. A limited number of rush tickets are sold at 4:15 p.m. on day of show ($15 each, limit of two, cash only).
- TUNE IN: Tune in Saturdays to any of hundreds of public radio stations coast to coast (many rebroadcast the show on Sunday). Or listen to a live audio Web stream. Check local listings or go to www.prairiehome.org for specifics.
- FOR MORE INFORMATION: go to www.prairiehome.org or contact David O'Neill at 651.999.1095 or davido@prairiehome.us
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WALTER MONDALE IN CONVERSATION WITH GARRISON KEILLOR AT THE FITZGERALD THEATER
Media Contact: David O'Neill
Prairie Home Productions
Phone: 651.999.1095
E-mail: davido@prairiehome.us
November 3, 2010
WALTER MONDALE IN CONVERSATION WITH GARRISON KEILLOR AT THE FITZGERALD THEATER
A new memoir from the former vice president chronicles
a life spent fighting “The Good Fight”
(ST. PAUL, MINN.) — On Monday, November 22, 2010, Garrison Keillor welcomes Walter F. Mondale, former vice president and Minnesota state senator, to the stage of the historic Fitzgerald Theater for an evening of conversation and in-depth discussion on the occasion of Mr. Mondale's new memoir, The Good Fight: A Life In Liberal Politics (written with David Hage). Tickets are on sale now.
In The Good Fight, Mondale traces his evolution from a young Minnesota attorney general, whose mentor was Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, into a U.S. senator himself. He was instrumental in pushing President Johnson's Great Society legislation through Congress and battled for housing equality, against poverty and discrimination, and for more oversight of the FBI and CIA. Mondale's years as a senator spanned the national turmoil of the Nixon administration; its ultimate self-destruction in the Watergate scandal would change the course of his own political fortunes.
Chosen as running mate for Jimmy Carter's successful 1976 campaign, Mondale served as vice president for four years. With an office in the White House, he invented the modern vice presidency; his inside look at the Carter administration will fascinate students of American history as he recalls how he and Carter confronted the energy crisis, the Iran hostage crisis, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and other crucial events, many of which reverberate to the present day. His intriguing memoir ends with his frank assessment of the Bush-Cheney administration and the first two years of the presidency of Barack Obama.
Eloquent and engaging, The Good Fight illuminates Mondale's philosophies on opportunity, governmental accountability, decency in politics, and constitutional democracy, while chronicling the evolution of a man and the country in which he is lucky enough to live.
Garrison Keillor is the recipient of Grammy, ACE and George Foster Peabody awards, and he has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His books include Lake Wobegon Days, The Book of Guys, Lake Wobegon Summer 1956, 77 Love Sonnets, Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance, and A Christmas Blizzard.
- WHAT: Former Vice President Walter Mondale Walter Mondale in Conversation with Garrison Keillor
- WHEN: Monday, November 22, at 8:00 p.m.
- WHERE: The Fitzgerald Theater, 10 East Exchange Street, St. Paul, MN 55101
- TICKETS: $20.00. Minnesota Public Radio members receive a $2 discount. With purchase of each $20 ticket, you will receive $10.00 off the price of a copy of The Good Fight: A Life In Liberal Politics from Common Good Books. Just bring your ticket stub to the gift shop counter at the Fitz on the night of the performance to receive your discount. For those not purchasing a book, there are $10 tickets available as well.
- OUTLETS:
- Ticketmaster — Tickets are available for the general public through Ticketmaster. Order online through Ticketmaster.com, call (800) 982-2787, or visit any Ticketmaster outlet.
- Fitzgerald Theater — The general public can purchase tickets at the Fitzgerald Theater by phone at 651-290-1200 or in person. Box office hours: Tuesday–Friday, noon–5 p.m. http://fitzgeraldtheater.publicradio.org/
- Common Good Books — Tickets may also be purchased in person at the Common Good Books, 165 Western Ave. N., St. Paul. Phone: 651-225-8989. Store hours: Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.info@commongoodbooks.com
- FOR MORE INFORMATION: Go to:http://commongoodbooks.com/ or to:http://fitzgeraldtheater.publicradio.org/
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Thanksgiving Cooking Questions & Emergencies Answered LIVE on Turkey Confidential
Contact: Jacqueline Cartier
(651) 290-1113
Thanksgiving Cooking Questions & Emergencies Answered LIVE on Turkey Confidential
11AM - 1PM ET THANKSGIVING DAY - CALL 1.800.537.5252 OR GO TO SPLENDIDTABLE.ORG
St. Paul, Minn. -(November 1, 2010) - Unanimously anticipated, and unanimously feared, Thanksgiving Day is a time when cooks unite - and "Turkey Confidential" is here to help. Now in its sixth year, "Turkey Confidential", from American Public Media's The Splendid Table, offers cooks an open line to food expert and host Lynne Rossetto Kasper to answer their calls, questions and occasional cries for help. A tradition in kitchen's across the nation, Kasper plays "culinary turkey triage nurse" LIVE on Thanksgiving morning from 11am ET - 1pm ET.
Joining the program this year are international chef and food advocate Jamie Oliver, chef Jose Andres, wine entrepreneur Joshua Wesson, and regular Splendid Table sleeves-up eating guides Jane and Michael Stern. Don't miss Lynne answering listener calls that, if the past is any indication, will range from the hilarious (turkey locked in the oven on self-clean cycle) to the naively hopeful (turkey still frozen solid). With a little luck, and some good advice, Lynne and guests will strive to lead all to a delicious meal and a happy ending.
Listeners can call 1.800.537.5252 for intervention assistance with their impending disasters. Join the fun online at www.splendidtable.org for advice, success stories and menu recipes, and browse or show the nation your own Thanksgiving feats or faux pas photos with the Splendid Table's Flickr photo stream.
Produced and distributed by American Public Media in St. Paul, Minn., The Splendid Table is a culinary, culture and lifestyle program that celebrates the intersection of food and life. The Splendid Table's Lynne Rossetto Kasper takes public radio audiences on a journey of the senses and leads discussions with a variety of writers and personalities who share their passion for culinary delights.
For more information or to interview Lynne or the team, email Jackie Cartier at jcartier@americanpublicmedia.org or call 651.290.1113.
Top Investigative Newsrooms Join Public Insight Network to Strengthen Audience Engagement
Contact: Jacqueline Cartier
(651) 290-1113
Top Investigative Newsrooms Join Public Insight Network to Strengthen Audience Engagement
Platform Facilitates Watchdog Journalism
October 29, 2010 - (St. Paul, Minnesota) - American Public Media's (APM) Public Insight Network has expanded with the addition of three of the nation's premier investigative newsrooms; ProPublica, Center for Investigative Reporting and The Center for Public Integrity. The combination of the country's most powerful platform for journalistic audience engagement and the three partners will yield unprecedented efforts in watchdog reporting efforts.
ProPublica will launch Public Insight on Saturday, October 30, followed by the Center for Investigative Reporting and The Center for Public Integrity later this year. The partnerships, announced today at the 2010 Online News Association conference in Washington, D.C., mark a major milestone for the Public Insight Network initiative founded seven years ago by APM. "The addition of these top-tier news organizations will expand opportunities for citizen sources all over the country to participate in newsgathering, to strengthen their own capacity to hold individuals and institutions accountable, and to affect change in their communities," says Linda Fantin, APMís director of network journalism and innovation.
The Public Insight Network is funded in part by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and provides individuals a direct channel for sharing their knowledge, experience and insights with reporters around the country. This collaborative model in turn helps newsrooms improve journalistic context, depth and quality while forging deeper connections with the communities they cover.
Bill Buzenberg, executive director of The Center for Public Integrity, helped conceive the Public Insight model while working at APM and says it will help inform the investigative process, pointing reporters in directions they may not have known to go. "As a founder of Public Insight at MPR, I'm thrilled that the Center can now be a part of this incredible resource and help grow the possibilities it holds on journalism's newest digital frontier."
Robert Rosenthal, executive director, Center for Investigative Reporting, adds,"We realize that newsrooms today must have a culture where innovation around technology is central and married to quality journalism. This network is another arrow in our quiver of information gathering and interactivity. The platform will enable us to expand our ability to collaborate, gather information and reach growing and diverse audiences with high quality, trusted information."
Amanda Michel, ProPublica's director of engagement, says that her organization is excited to join the Public Insight Network. "APM's integrated technology and experience will be an asset in our newsroom. But more importantly, joining opens up new opportunities for ProPublica to collaborate with newsrooms around the country and to further evolve our crowdsourcing methodologies."
The investigative news outlets join a growing number of leading news organizations building and engaging the Public Insight Network, from WNYC in New York and The Miami Herald, to Oregon Public Broadcasting and the St. Louis Beacon. Joaquin Alvarado, APM's vice president of digital innovation notes, "Collaboration is the driving force of the Public Insight Network. The addition of these new partners, each a major innovator in the field, will allow us to invest further in supporting investigative journalism in new and unprecedented ways."
The Public Insight Network was founded in 2003, and to date has over 95,000 sources from across the country. Source demographic information and insights are stored in a secure, searchable database where participating journalists can search for knowledgeable sources, test hunches, identify trends and support production of major projects. In the last year alone, Network sources informed or unearthed more than 700 stories for Minnesota Public Radio News and American Public Media shows like Marketplace, and powered watchdog projects like KPCC's coverage of a 2009 riot at California's Chino State Prison. The KPCC investigative series relied on knowledge from Network sources to expose substandard conditions at the prison and fuel a state investigation.
To learn more about American Public Media's Public Insight Network, visit PublicInsightNetwork.org.
Mike Reszler Promoted to Managing Director, Digital Strategies and Content
Contact: Jacqueline Cartier
(651) 290-1113
American Public Media Names Nancy Cassutt Managing Director, National Digital and Emerging Markets
Mike Reszler Promoted to Managing Director, Digital Strategies and Content
St. Paul, Minn. - (October 29, 2010) - American Public Media/Minnesota Public Radio (APM/MPR) announced today that Nancy Cassutt has been named Managing Director, National Digital and Emerging Markets, and that Mike Reszler, current director of digital media, has been promoted to managing director for digital strategy and content.
Cassutt will lead the APM digital team and report to Joaquin Alvarado, APM's SVP of digital innovation. Reszler, who has been with MPR since 2007, will continue to lead MPR's digital initiatives in his expanded role and assume broader responsibilities for developing and managing digital priorities.
"Nancy is the ideal fit to lead our digital team, with her instinct for the digital world that is changing daily," says Alvarado. "Her experience adds to our devoted efforts to be where our listeners are, and where they are going." Alvarado adds, "I've been impressed with Mike's digital deliverables in my time here at APM and I'm excited to get the opportunity to also add him to the national team."
Cassutt says "I am thrilled for the opportunity to join APM for many reasons but one key reason is because of the great content. APM has what so many companies want: excellent content. Excellence in content brings endless opportunities." Cassutt comes to APM as SVP of news and content solutions at Internet Broadcasting, a Twin Cities company that creates and manages web sites for local television stations across the country. She will start on November 15.
MPR/APM is the parent company of Minnesota Public Radio, a 40-station radio network serving virtually all of Minnesota and parts of surrounding states and home to the largest and most experienced radio newsroom in the Upper Midwest, and American Public Media, one of the largest producers of public radio programming in the world with a portfolio including A Prairie Home CompanionÆ, MarketplaceÆ, Performance TodayÆ, The Splendid TableÆ, Beingô, and American RadioWorksÆ. MPR/APM programming is listened to by 16 million people each week, including more than 900,000 in and around Minnesota, and is broadcast over 800 radio stations with a total weekly listening audience of 32 million. MPR/APM's nearly 100,000 member-strong Public Insight Network promotes deep connections between journalists across the country and the communities they serve. A complete list of stations, programs and additional services can be found at www.minnesotapublicradio.org and www.americanpublicmedia.org.
Give Future-Jobs-O-Matic! A Whirl to Discover Your Job Forecast
Contact: Jacqueline Cartier
(651) 290-1113
Give Future-Jobs-O-Matic! A Whirl to Discover Your Job Forecast
Interactive Tool Crunches U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Data to Identify Prospects for Over 250 Careers
Visit www.marketplace.org to See How Your Current, and Dream, Career Stacks Up
October 27, 2010 - (Los Angeles, CA) - In an effort to understand, and translate, the ever changing economy, American Public Media's Marketplace dug into the numbers from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics to create the interactive web tool Future-Jobs-O-Matic! Designed to identify which jobs are, and aren't, viable in the future, users are invited to choose their current or goal career path to see how they might do.
The Future-Jobs-O-Matic tackles in a fun way the biggest topic of the upcoming midterm elections; jobs, what jobs are in demand, and why. By clicking on each career, ranging from air-traffic controller to health educator to woodworker, users can identify exactly what the profession entails, the job outlook for the next decade, median income, an informative synopsis of future prospects, and a humorous and insightful "fortune".
The Future-Jobs-O-Matic! also runs down quick top ten lists to uncover the fastest growing, shrinking, highest and lowest paid jobs in the market. Hint: registered nurse and truck driver are featured in the same list. Some interesting facts: both home health aides and elevator repair professionals have great job prospects ahead; while jobs in data entry and printmaking are on the decline.
Along with the Future-Jobs-O-Matic!, Marketplace is running stories all this week about the sustainability of the US jobs market: how this recession is different than those of the past, what skills will be needed by tomorrow's workforce, and specific careers that are on the rise and fall ñ like fisherman and children's fitness instructors.
The Future-Jobs-O-Matic! is the key to your career of the future ñ try it out! Find the job you have ó or the job you want ó and the Future-Jobs-O-Matic! will give you the facts.
Society of Professional Journalists Recognizes Public Insight Network Source
Contact: Jacqueline Cartier
(651) 290-1113
Society of Professional Journalists Recognizes Public Insight Network Source
Sunshine Award Honors Important Contributions in Pursuit of Open Government
October 12, 2010 (St. Paul, Minnesota) - The Society of Professional Journalists has bestowed its coveted Sunshine Award on California resident Charlene Padilla for contributions to Southern California Public Radio KPCC's coverage of a 2009 riot at Chino State Prison. Padilla made her contributions to KPCC's coverage through American Public Media's Public Insight Network, a resource for journalists with more than 96,000 individual sources participating around the country.
The Public Insight Network, funded in part by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, is the industry leading platform for journalistic audience engagement, giving individuals a direct channel for sharing their knowledge, experience and insights with reporters around the country.
KPCC reporter Steven Cuevas says that Padilla is an example of the valuable information the Public Insight Network can bring to journalistic efforts to cover the news, calling her a "true citizen journalist." In announcing the award, the Society of Professional Journalists noted that, although not a trained journalist, "Padilla's qualities of true investigative journalism showed dogged determination, exhaustive documentation and research. As a mother and concerned Californian, she worked to expose and correct substandard conditions in a state prison."
Shortly after the riot, Padilla received a letter from her son, incarcerated at Chino, which described conditions that the media was not reporting on. After learning her son's story she began corresponding with inmates to understand more, and volunteered her information to KPCC reporter Cuevas and Sharon McNary, public insight analyst for KPCC. Padilla was a primary source in KPCC's resulting three-part series, providing dozens of hand-written letters from inmates describing substandard conditions that were posted on kpcc.org. McNary recalls Padilla's perseverance in finding witnesses to the Chino riot, saying, "She had already been writing to people inside the prison to get more details, and she began also sending our questions and asking correspondents if she could share their words with KPCC."
KPCC has been a Public Insight Network partner since mid-2009, using the tool to improve the depth and breadth of its news coverage. The Chino story is among dozens of stories aired by KPCC in the past year - including several award-winning reports - that have used the Public Insight Network.
Founded in 2003, American Public Media's Public Insight Network has more than 96,000 sources around the country who have signed up through websites, social networking, blogs, serious games, email surveys, virtual forums and face-to-face interactions. Demographic information and insights are stored in a secure, searchable database. Participating journalists search the database for knowledgeable sources, or use it to test hunches, identify trends and support production of major projects. In the last year alone, Public Insight Network sources informed or unearthed more than 700 stories for Minnesota Public Radio News and American Public Media programs such as Marketplace.
To learn more about the Public Insight Network, visit PublicInsightNetwork.org.
A Prairie Home Companion Is Cooking Up Plenty Of Excitement As It Kicks Off It's 37th Season
Contact: David O'Neill
(651) 999-1095
A Prairie Home Companion Is Cooking Up Plenty Of Excitement As It Kicks Off It's 37th Season
Season-opening show is Saturday, September 25, at the Fitzgerald Theater,followed by the annual street dance and meatloaf supper
Saint Paul, MN (September 15, 2010) There's a whirlwind of activity in the Prairie Home Companion camp these days. Garrison Keillor is set to kick off the program's 37th season: The opening show and street dance will be held on Saturday, September 25 the live broadcast from the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul, followed by the annual street dance and meatloaf supper on Exchange Street, right in front of the Fitz.
Actress Sue Scott, Tim Russell (the man of many voices), and sound-effects wizard Tom Keith will be on hand, along with the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, led by pianist Richard Dworsky. Special guests include The Derailers, a hard-driving, roots-country band from Austin, Texas, and Rob Fisher leading the White Bear Yacht Club Orchestra, featuring vocalist Christine DiGiallonardo. And of course, everyone can catch up on the news from Lake Wobegon during Keillor's signature monologue.
Following the broadcast, head outside for the Prairie Home Street Dance. Enjoy the music, food (the famous $5 meatloaf dinner!), and fun (contests, prizes, and more), with Garrison leading the festivities. This event is open to the public and free ó save a small charge for refreshments.
And with September 24th marking the 114th anniversary of the birth of F. Scott Fitzgerald, and this year marking the 100th anniversary of the Fitzgerald Theater, APHC is giving a special nod to St. Paul's own. A special F. Scott Fitzgerald Birthday Bash Weekend will draw 250 fans from across the country, many who have never before visited the Twin Cities, to enjoy tours and other Fitzgerald-related events, in addition to the APHC season opener and street dance.
A Prairie Home Companion buffs, nearby and nationwide, will want to tune in (or attend in person) this fall. In the coming weeks, there will be four more live APHC broadcasts at the Fitzgerald Theater: October 2, 9, 16 and 30. And on Thursday, October 21, there is a special Cinecast performance of A Prairie Home Companion ó live on stage at the Fitzgerald Theater and simultaneously broadcast in high definition to movie theaters across the U.S. and Canada. (Details at www.prairiehome.org.) A limited number of tickets to all shows are still available.
A Prairie Home Companion is heard on close to 600 public radio stations across the U.S., with a weekly audience that tops 4.3 million listeners. The program can also be heard on the Armed Forces Network Europe, the Far East Network, and in dozens of European cities via the Astra satellite network.
A Prairie Home Companion is produced by Prairie Home Productions and presented by American Public Media. The show is sponsored nationally by General Mills, Inc. and by Ford. Audio clips, scripts and more information on A Prairie Home Companion can be found online at www.prairiehome.org.
The Charlotte Observer Joins American Public Media's Public Insight Network
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The Charlotte Observer Joins American Public Media's Public Insight Network
Initiative Facilitates Expanded News Coverage through Active Audience Engagement
Saint Paul, MN(September 14, 2010) American Public Media (APM) today announced the addition of The Charlotte Observer as the latest newsroom partner in APM's Public Insight Network.
The Public Insight Network, funded in part by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, is the industry leading platform for journalistic audience engagement, giving individuals a direct channel for sharing their knowledge, experience and insights with reporters around the country. This collaborative model in turn helps newsrooms improve journalistic context, depth and quality while forging deeper connections with the communities they cover.
"We are very excited to have this new way to draw from the vast knowledge base of our community," says Rick Thames, editor of The Charlotte Observer. "We have a wise and engaged public, and the input will add tremendously to the quality of our journalism."
Also, in a first for the Public Insight Network, the Observer has agreed to help create a regional insight hub, and to recruit other Carolina news outlets to collaborate. The first partner in that venture is CharlotteViewpoint.org, a local North Carolina web site that seeks to enrich the intellectual and artistic capital of the region with essays, stories and visual presentations.
The Observer is just the latest in a growing number of leading news organizations, from WNYC in New York and The Miami Herald, to Oregon Public Broadcasting and the St. Louis Beacon, that are building and engaging the Public Insight Network to improve the depth and breadth of news coverage.
The Public Insight Network was founded in 2003, and to date nearly 95,000 people around the country have signed up through websites, social networking, blogs, serious games, email surveys, virtual forums and face-to-face interactions. Demographic information and insights are stored in a secure, searchable database. Participating journalists search the database for knowledgeable sources, or use it to test hunches, identify trends and support production of major projects. In the last year alone, Network sources informed or unearthed more than 700 stories for Minnesota Public Radio News and American Public Media shows like Marketplace. Branching into newspaper newsrooms has long been a goal of APM's Public Insight Network initiative.
"We spend a lot of time researching newsrooms around the country and courting those that value community engagement, embrace collaboration, create opportunity and, above all, pursue remarkable journalism," says Linda Fantin, director of Network Journalism and Innovation at American Public Media. "We're thrilled to partner with The Charlotte Observer, a paper known for innovation and leadership and a perfect match for the Public Insight Network." Joaquin Alvarado, senior vice president of APM, adds, "The new generation of partners like The Charlotte Observer are taking the Public Insight Network project to a whole new level."
To learn more about American Public Media's Public Insight Network, visit PublicInsightNetwork.org.
American Public Media Group Launches Search for New CEO
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American Public Media Group Launches Search for New CEO
Bill Kling to Focus on Public Media's Future
Saint Paul, MN — (September 10, 2010) — American Public Media Group, parent company of Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media, announced today that Bill Kling, the company's founder and its only CEO since 1966, will leave his position with the company in June, 2011. Today's announcement is an important milestone in a succession planning process that has been underway for more than a year and that positions the company for a smooth leadership transition.
Kling, who intends to develop fundraising initiatives outside of APMG to strengthen public media and demonstrate its ability to gather and distribute regional news, has led MPR, APMG and its related companies for more than forty years. His work has helped build APMG into the largest network of public radio stations in the United States and one of the largest producers of public radio programming in the world including A Prairie Home Companion and Marketplace .
"Bill Kling is unique in terms of his ability to sustain an amazing level of energy, vision and creativity over a remarkable and storied career," said Randall Hogan, Board Chair of MPR and APMG, and CEO of Minnesota-based Pentair, Inc. "Most CEOs count their years in office on the fingers of one hand; Bill has twice run out of fingers and toes to mark his years of service but is nowhere near out of ideas, commitment or passion. We're delighted that he intends to continue to lend himself to the cause of public media after APMG. The board, the staff, our members and millions of listeners around the world are grateful for his many contributions, including preparing the organization so well for this inevitable transition."
"This wonderful company exists and has prospered — beyond what any of us imagined back in 1966 — because of a tremendously talented and innovative leadership team, a remarkable group of employees who feel a calling and a passion for what they do and because 161,000 generous supporters value this work," said Kling. "It is this collective belief in the importance of what we do that makes every day a pleasure, and it provides the energy that will lift the company to its next stages of growth and success. It's a privilege to be a part of this team. I look forward to welcoming my successor and — after the transition — to watching this group's achievements for years to come."
Throughout his career, Kling has been a thought leader in new ways to strengthen the financial footing of public media and in ways to make public media more relevant and impactful at the individual and community levels. Kling said he is looking forward to the next phase of his work in this area:
"Journalism is at a crossroads and it's clearer every day that public media has a bigger role to play," Kling said. "I'm looking forward to the opportunity to collaborate with public broadcasting leaders across the country on ideas to strengthen public media's regional newsgathering capacity. This is a great time for a new endeavor, particularly with the surety that APMG and its properties are — and will remain — well managed by a great team and well-led by an exceptional board."
The APMG board of directors has been engaged in executive succession planning across the entire management team on an on-going basis, and has appointed a special committee to direct the CEO succession and candidate search process. As part of its efforts, the succession committee has retained an executive search firm to identify both internal and external candidates for the CEO position.
"Bill and his colleagues have done an excellent job of positioning APMG to be successful in the midst of a rapidly changing media industry," said Ian Friendly, Chair of the APMG Board's Succession Committee and U.S. Retail COO for General Mills, Inc. "APMG is a remarkable media property that is succeeding in a time when many media organizations are failing and other business models are under attack. We expect our search will attract a range of exceptional candidates — from within the company and elsewhere — who understand the landscape, who see the opportunities and who appreciate the special culture and team that has made 44 years of success possible and that is also the key to our future."
Kling started Minnesota Public Radio as an idea at St. John's University in Collegeville , MN , with University President Colman J. Barry, OSB. The first programming on January 22, 1967, was a concert by the Cleveland Orchestra. Today, APMG has grown to be the largest public radio organization in the United States with a network of 44 stations across the country including Southern California Public Radio in Los Angeles and Classical South Florida in Miami. In 1970, Kling was one of the founding trustees of National Public Radio, and he later served as the founding Chairman and CEO of Public Radio International.
For media inquiries, contact Bill Gray, MPR / APM communications director, at 651-734-8239.
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American Public Media Group is the parent company of Minnesota Public Radio, a 40-station radio network serving virtually all of Minnesota and parts of surrounding states and home to the largest and most experienced radio newsroom in the Upper Midwest, and American Public Media, one of the largest producers of public radio programming in the world with a portfolio including A Prairie Home Companion®, Marketplace®, Performance Today®, The Splendid Table®, Being™, and American RadioWorks®. APMG is also the parent company of Southern California Public Radio in Los Angeles, Classical South Florida in Miami, the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul and the Greenspring Company in Minneapolis. APMG programming is heard by more than 16 million listeners on nearly 800 radio stations nationwide each week, and is supported financially by contributions from over 161,000 members. A complete list of stations, programs and additional services can be found at www.minnesotapublicradio.org and www.americanpublicmedia.org.
American Public Media and New York Public Radio Announce Production Deal with Freakonomics Co-Author Stephen J. Dubner
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American Public Media and New York Public Radio Announce Production Deal with Freakonomics Co-Author Stephen J. Dubner
FREAKONOMICS RADIO to Launch This Fall
Will include regular features on Marketplace from APM, a weekly podcast, radio specials, and live events around the country
All content to be co-produced by NYPR's WNYC Productions and APM
( New York and Minneapolis , September 8, 2010) — Freakonomics co-author Stephen J. Dubner has entered into a production deal with American Public Media (APM) and New York Public Radio (NYPR) to launch FREAKONOMICS RADIO, announced Dean Cappello, Chief Content Officer and SVP, NYPR, and Judy McAlpine, SVP of APM's National Content Division.
FREAKONOMICS RADIO will include radio, podcast, web and live event programming imbued with the best-selling book's iconoclastic approach to everyday economics — an approach that has found new ways to catch terrorists ( hint : they don't buy life insurance), and found the answers to questions such as, "Which is more dangerous: a gun or a swimming pool?"
Launching this fall, the project will include exclusive biweekly features for APM's weekday business program, Marketplace, and a new podcast exploring "what the hidden side of everything sounds like," released initially as a biweekly offering, then as a weekly offering in early 2011. The audio content will be available on-demand at the project's website, www.freakonomicsradio.com, and on iTunes. Mr. Dubner will continue to maintain, with co-author Steven Levitt, the Freakonomics blog on NYT.com, and Mr. Levitt will appear as an occasional guest on the FREAKONOMICS RADIO podcast.
Additionally, APM and NYPR will work with Mr. Dubner to produce and distribute five hour-long radio specials over the next year and present special live events in markets across the country.
The Marketplace features, the podcast, and the radio shows will be co-produced by WNYC and APM at WNYC's studios in New York. Marketplace programming airs on nearly 400 public radio stations around the country, including NYPR's WNYC Radio in New York.
"My favorite part of writing has always been interviewing people," said Stephen J. Dubner, "And now I get to do a lot more of it. I've loved radio ever since I was a kid, and I particularly love public radio for its smarts and reach. APM and WNYC represent the very best of public radio, and I'm thrilled to be working with them."
"FREAKONOMICS RADIO is a great addition to the portfolio of WNYC productions," said Dean Cappello. "Stephen's approach to such a timely and urgent topic joins Radiolab, On the Media, Studio 360, and The Takeaway in bringing audiences smart and provocative ideas in a high-personality form. We're thrilled to be collaborating with him and the Marketplace team to extend his work to public radio and podcast audiences."
"Stephen's engaging take on the surprising truths behind everyday economic issues is a natural fit with the insightful approach Marketplace takes with business news," said Judy McAlpine . "Nine million listeners turn to Marketplace programming each week for its practical perspective on what the news means for them. We're very excited to add FREAKONOMICS RADIO to the Marketplace/APM franchise, and look forward to a fruitful partnership with WNYC."
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, by Stephen Dubner and Steven D. Levitt, is an international best-seller that won the inaugural Quill Award for best business book; was short-listed for the inaugural Financial Times /Goldman Sachs Business Book Award; received a Visionary Award from the National Council on Economic Education; was a BookSense Book of the Year; and was named a Notable Book of 2005 by The New York Times. In 2009, the authors published a follow-up, SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriot Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Health Insurance, which has also been an instant international best-seller. Together, Dubner and Levitt maintain the Freakonomics blog on the website of The New York Times , which has been hailed as "the most readable economics blog in the universe.”
American Public Media Group is the parent company of Minnesota Public Radio, a 39-station radio network serving virtually all of Minnesota and parts of surrounding states and home to the largest and most experienced radio newsroom in the Upper Midwest, and American Public Media, one of the largest producers of public radio programming in the world with a portfolio including A Prairie Home Companion ®, Marketplace ®, Performance Today ®, The Splendid Table ®, Being ™, and American RadioWorks®. APMG is also the parent company of Southern California Public Radio in Los Angeles , Classical South Florida in Miami , the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul and the Greenspring Company in Minneapolis. APMG programming is heard by more than 16 million listeners on nearly 800 radio stations nationwide each week, and is supported financially by contributions from over 160,000 members. A complete list of stations, programs and additional services can be found at www.minnesotapublicradio.org and www.americanpublicmedia.org .
New York Public Radio is New York's premier public radio franchise, comprising WNYC-FM , WNYC-AM , WQXR , and The Jerome L. Greene Performances Space , as well as www.wnyc.org, www.wqxr.org and www.thegreenespaceorg . As America's most listened-to AM/FM news and talk public radio stations, reaching 1.1 million listeners every week, WNYC extends New York City's cultural riches to the entire country on-air and online, and presents the best national offerings from networks National Public Radio, Public Radio International, American Public Media, and the British Broadcasting Company. WNYC 93.9 FM broadcasts a wide range of daily news, talk, cultural and music programming, while WNYC AM 820 maintains a stronger focus on breaking news and international news reporting. Classical 105.9 WQXR is New York City's sole 24-hour classical music station, presenting new and landmark classical recordings as well as live concerts from the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic, among other New York City venues, immersing listeners in the city's rich musical life. In addition to its audio content, WNYC produces content for live, radio and web audiences from The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, the station's street-level multipurpose, multiplatform broadcast studio and performance space. For more information about New York Public Radio, visit www.wnyc.org , www.wqxr.org , and www.thegreenespace.org.
The Splendid Table Wins Fourth Consecutive Clarion Award
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The Splendid Table Wins Fourth Consecutive Clarion Award
ST. PAUL, MN (August 3, 2010) The Splendid Table from American Public Media is being honored with a 2010 Clarion Award in the Radio Regular Talk or Interview Program category from The Association for Women in Communications. Out of hundreds of entries worldwide, The Splendid Table was chosen as the top of its field, making this their fourth consecutive Clarion win.
Every week, the voice of The Splendid Table 's host and four time James Beard award winner Lynne Rossetto Kasper fills the airwaves around the country as dedicated listeners tune in for gastronomical subjects ranging from wine pairing and immigrant cuisines to food activism.
Produced and distributed by American Public Media in Saint Paul , Minnesota , The Splendid Table is a culinary, culture and lifestyle program that celebrates the intersection of food and life. Lynne Rossetto Kasper takes public radio audiences on a journey of the senses and leads discussions with a variety of writers and personalities who share their passion for all things culinary. From on-air to online, visitors to www.SplendidTable.org can explore hundreds of recipes, dining recommendations from across the country, connect with other food aficionados, and download weekly and archived podcasts of favorite shows.
The Clarion Awards, named for the medieval trumpet known for its clarity, symbolizes excellence in clear, concise communications. Established in 1972, the Clarions honor excellence in more than 130 categories across all media disciplines, including magazines, radio, and television. A complete list of the 2010 winners announced this year is available at www.womcom.org.
American Public Media's Performance Today Offers Exclusive View into Legendary Marlboro Music Festival
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American Public Media's Performance Today Offers Exclusive View into Legendary Marlboro Music Festival
Concert Audio, Interviews, Photos and P reviously Unheard Marlboro Archives at performancetoday.org
ST. PAUL, MN (August 2, 2010) Performance Today, from American Public Media (APM), is honored to announce a special week of coverage from the legendary Marlboro Music Festival with concert audio, interviews, ,photos, and previously unheard selections from the vast Marlboro archives . After being largely closed to the media for over a decade, Marlboro's presence on Performance Today marks an exciting glimpse into the renowned festival that pairs the world's leading classical musicians with talented protégés.
For several weeks every summer since 1951, the Marlboro Music Festival has welcomed dozens of the best-of-the-best chamber musicians in the world to the forested hills of southeast Vermont . The festival gives the musicians an exceptional and eccentric opportunity: the space and time to experiment, and maybe even fail. In the end, only about a quarter of the works rehearsed are played for the public at weekend events. At Marlboro, the process - not the performance - is the point.
Throughout the week of August 2-6, 2010, Performance Today audiences will be granted a unique behind-the-scenes look at Marlboro. Host Fred Child will meet many of the young and old musicians that bring their experience and maturity, as well as fresh perspective and energy, to their joint pursuits. Child will also guide listeners through Marlboro performances. Listeners will be introduced to a violinist, who was one of only six students in 1951, the Festival's inaugural year; first-time young musicians who are excited and nervous at entering the storied world of Marlboro; and dozens of candid and revealing interviews, including Marlboro's co-artistic directors Mitsuko Uchida and Richard Goode.
Performance Today , hosted by acclaimed classical music host and commentator Fred Child, is a unique celebration of today's art of classical music. The two-hour weekday program features classical music in concert from studios, festivals and concert halls across the nation and around the world, as well as classical music news, interviews and features from American Public Media studios. On any given day, listeners to Performance Today may hear performances from the great concert halls of New York , Prague , London , Berlin and Paris . For local broadcast times, visit performancetoday.org/stations .
The Miami Herald and WLRN Radio Join Public Insight Network to Expand News Coverage Diversity Through BilingualActive Audience Engagement
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The Miami Herald and WLRN Radio Join Public Insight Network to Expand News Coverage Diversity Through BilingualActive Audience Engagement
Deal Marks First Major Market Newspaper for American Public Media Initiative
ST. PAUL, MN (July 29, 2010) American Public Media (APM) today announced the addition of The Miami Herald and south Florida public radio station WLRN as the latest newsroom partners in APM's Public Insight Network. The Herald is the first major market newspaper in the country to join in the initiative.
The Public Insight Network, funded in part by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, is the industry leading platform for journalistic audience engagement, giving individuals a direct channel for sharing their knowledge, experience and insights with reporters around the country. This collaborative model in turn helps newsrooms improve journalistic context, depth and quality while forging deeper connections with the communities they cover.
The Herald and WLRN join a growing number of leading news organizations building and engaging the Public Insight Network, from WNYC in New York and Southern California Public Radio in Los Angeles , to Oregon Public Broadcasting and the St. Louis Beacon.
In a first for the Public Insight Network, the South Flordia news outlets are tailoring the Network for its Spanish-speaking audience members. "Our participation in the Public Insight Network will be personalized to the communities we serve, and will include a bilingual user interface to ensure we're interacting with all of our readers and listeners," says Rick Hirsch, the Herald 's senior editor of multimedia. Adds Anders Gyllenhaal, executive editor of the Miami Herald , "This is an important and innovative experiment that should enable us to better reflect what people in South Florida think, what they know, and what they want to know about."
The Public Insight Network was founded in 2003, and to date n early 90,000 people around the country have signed up through websites, social networking, blogs, serious games, email surveys, virtual forums and face-to-face interactions. Demographic information and insights are stored in a secure, searchable database. Participating journalists search the database for knowledgeable sources, or use it to test hunches, identify trends and support production of major projects. In the last year alone, Network sources informed or unearthed more than 700 stories for Minnesota Public Radio News and American Public Media shows like Marketplace. Branching into newspaper newsrooms has long been a goal of APM's Public Insight Network initiative.
"The Miami Herald is the largest newsroom to date to adopt the Public Insight Network as a crowd sourcing platform ñ a partnership made even more valuable by the paper's unique collaboration with WLRN," said Linda Fantin, director of network journalism and innovation at American Public Media. "The addition of Miami 's leading news organizations, in one of the most culturally diverse media markets in the country, opens new possibilities in collaborative journalism via the Public Insight Network, and we're proud to be partnering with them."
To learn more about American Public Media's Public Insight Network, visit PublicInsightNetwork.org .
Twitter Co-Founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams Tell Marketplace the Mechanics of Twitter and Their New Monetization Platform
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Twitter Co-Founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams Tell Marketplace the Mechanics of Twitter and Their New Monetization Platform
Full Audio and Transcript Available At: www.marketplace.org
LOS ANGELES , CA (July 8, 2010) In a joint interview, Twitter Co-Founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams caught up with Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal at the Aspen Ideas Festival. The interview will air TODAY, July 8, 2010 on local public radio stations. To find local stations and broadcast times, visit www.marketplace.org/about/stations . Complete audio of the interview is also available at www.marketplace.org
Interview highlights:
On the mechanics behind Twitter, and when it first took off, Evan says: "The metaphor that I like to use is that of a flock of birds moving around an object in flight. It looks so choreographed. It looks beautiful, it looks complicated, but it's not Ö it's basically rudimentary communication among individuals in real time allowing them to move as one organism, and that's what we saw people doing at this festival we went to, and that's when we realized we had something big."
Of Twitter's recently released monetization campaign, Biz says : "We've just recently begun launching our monetization platform, promoted tweets and promoted trends, which allow businesses to surface their tweets in front of more people."
Biz continues: "So promoted tweets is a tweet that would surface in search and we take it out of the chronological order and put it on topÖ What a company can do now is they can promote something that already people are talking about but maybe it didn't hit the top ten and we'll put it up there in that list."
Giving an example, Biz explains : "The first one we did was for Toy Story 3Ö Disney Pixar wanted to make sure people really saw that it was up there, so they promoted Toy Story 3 as a promoted trendî. Evans concludes, ìBy the way, not a bad box office opening."
All excerpts from the interview must be credited to Marketplace from American Public Media. Marketplace is public radio's daily magazine on business and economics news, hosted by Kai Ryssdal and reaching more than 5 million listeners weekly.
AMERICAN RADIOWORKS DOCUMENTARIES EXAMINE POVERTY AND THE CULTURE WARS
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AMERICAN RADIOWORKS DOCUMENTARIES EXAMINE POVERTY AND THE CULTURE WARS
AUDIO AVAILABLE AT AMERICANRADIOWORKS.ORG
ST. PAUL , MN (June 28, 2010) ñ American RadioWorks (ARW) , the award-winning documentary unit of American Public Media, has released two new public radio documentaries. The programs examine the controversial divide between books and beliefs in America 's public schools, and delve deep into our nation's unyielding battle with poverty.
In 1974, Kanawha County , West Virginia , erupted in violence with school buildings hit by dynamite and buses riddled with bullets. The fight was over a new set of textbooks. The books in question included works by poet Allen Ginsberg, black rights advocate Eldridge Cleaver, and Sigmund Freud. Other books included excerpts from Animal Farm by George Orwell and The Autobiography of Malcolm X . The conflict captured the attention of national media, and ultimately, the most controversial books never entered schools in the rural areas of the county. "The Great Textbook War" tells the story of one of our nation's most violent protests over public school textbooks, and examines the divide that persists today over what to teach children in schools. Visit " The Great Textbook War " at AmericanRadioWorks.org for a detailed look at the business of education and to view pictures of the Kanawha County revolt. Complete audio of the program also is available.
"War on Poverty : From the Great Society to the Great Recession. "
"This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America ," proclaimed President Lyndon B. Johnson in his first State of the Union . During his presidency, LBJ's legislation was geared toward boosting economic opportunity -- a theme captured by his administration's catchphrase, the Great Society. However, over four decades later, the optimism of the Great Society has met the realities of the Great Recession, and poverty remains an abiding problem in America . With nearly 13.2 percent of the population living in poverty today, this documentary tells the story of a new generation of Americans struggling with economic deprivation . The "War on Poverty" blends contemporary storytelling with rich archival audio to examine the modern face of poverty, and asks why LBJ's dream of a Great Society is still beyond reach. Visit " War on Poverty " at AmericanRadioWorks.org for a look at who is poor in America today, an examination of the changing demographics of poverty , and analyses of current and past programs aimed at curbing poverty. Complete audio of the program also is available.
Tune In: The Great Textbook War and War on Poverty will be broadcast on public radio stations nationwide. Check local listings for availability. In addition, visit AmericanRadioWorks.org for access to additional resources, audio and transcripts.
American RadioWorks is American Public Media's award-winning documentary program. Based in St. Paul , Minn. , ARW creates documentaries, series projects and investigative reports for the public radio system and the Internet. Its hour-long specials provide in-depth reporting on public affairs and social and cultural subjects. American RadioWorks is on the Web at AmericanRadioWorks.org .
WDET Detroit Joins Public Insight Network to Expand News Coverage
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WDET Detroit Joins Public Insight Network to Expand News Coverage
American Public Media Initiative Promotes Relevant Journalism through
Active Audience Engagement
ST. PAUL, MN (June 28, 2010)ñ American Public Media's Public Insight Network today announced the addition of WDET Detroit as its latest newsroom partner. The Public Insight Network, founded in 2003 and funded in part by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, is a groundbreaking model for journalistic audience engagement giving individuals a direct channel for sharing their knowledge, experience and insights with news reporters around the country. This in turn helps newsrooms improve journalistic context, depth and quality while forging deeper connections with the communities they cover.
"American Public Media's Public Insight Network is a unique point of leverage for stations like WDET, that are committed to a model of local service based on deep, authentic relationships," says J. Mikel Ellcessor, WDET's general manager. "Our audience is consistently observing and commenting on the ways Detroit is misrepresented in the national media. The Public Insight Network creates a new ground where the news maker and the news consumer can collaborate around the goal of the most accurate, representative coverage of the community and the issues that shape our lives."
WDET joins a growing number of leading news organizations utilizing the Public Insight Network, from WNYC in New York and Southern California Public Radio in Los Angeles , to Oregon Public Broadcasting and the St. Louis Beacon . In the last year alone, Network sources, which number more than 87,000 nationwide, informed or unearthed more than 700 stories for Minnesota Public Radio News, and for American Public Media's public radio programs Marketplace and Being.
"WDET embodies the promise of the Public Insight Network, which is to transform the media's relationship with the public and fulfill the information needs of diverse communities," says Linda Fantin, director of networked journalism and innovation at American Public Media. "WDET is an important addition to the Public Insight Network, and we're thrilled to be working with them."
To learn more about American Public Media's Public Insight Network, visit PublicInsightNetwork.org.