System/Policy
Why ‘Bowling Alone’ falls short as a framework for civic engagement
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Before embracing Robert Putnam’s research on social capital, stations should look to more inclusive models for building civic engagement.
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Before embracing Robert Putnam’s research on social capital, stations should look to more inclusive models for building civic engagement.
A Paragon webinar on “Join or Die” encouraged stations to become “better caretakers of their communities.”
Swanson has led the station since 2008.
Will the deal be a national model? Station executives weigh in.
When Henry Hampton called, “I was unemployed and living in New Orleans with no money for another film, no prospects at all. Everything changed after that.”
APM also promoted Thomas De Napoli to chief strategy officer of APM Studios.
Law firm Foster Garvey PC has seen “an increasing number of licensees” that have “expressed concerns with the binary options provided to answer the question of gender” on some FCC forms.
“We spend a lot of time thinking in the clouds and being a little more highbrow and not coming out of those offices and coming down to the people,” said Nikki Swarn, GM and PD at The Drop. “So many public media stations don’t make that entry point as simplistic as it could be.”
The Public Welfare Foundation backed a new reporting position and community-focused events.
ITVS, Firelight Media, the Sundance Institute and Appalshop Inc. received $5.5 million for filmmaking initiatives and other projects.
Stephanie Frazier joined SCETV in 2019.