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Frontline teams with PRX to develop iPad app
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WGBH’s long-running documentary program is partnering with the Public Radio Exchange to develop a free app for iPad users.
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PRI adapted Studio 360 segment for an iPad book.
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For its foray into e-book publishing, Public Radio International chose “Teacher Redesign,” in which a New York design firm created a branding campaign on behalf of the nation’s educators, and adapted it for Apple’s iPad. The iBook features 32 pages of content adapted from the Studio 360 episode, produced as part of its ongoing series on graphic design and cultural symbolism. With its strong visual elements, the program was naturally suited for the iPad, according to Peter Edstrom, a project manager for PRI. “Our core content is audio, but we’re continuing to experiment with different ways to get PRI content out to people.”
The electronic book is free for download on Apple’s iBookstore. It features slideshows, photos that can be manipulated, diagrams, embedded videos and text.
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WGBH puts listings on an iPad
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WGBH has begun distributing its monthly program guide, Explore!, in a package that brings video and audio promos along with it to iPad tablets. It can also use Wi-Fi to pull in updated “live listings” from the Web even after it’s in the viewers’ hands.
Tech
As media finally converge, it’s coming down to this
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So what will journalism and, for that matter, all content look like in five years and how will it be delivered? It will all come together on devices resembling the rumored iTablet …