Programs/Content
AIR selects five teams to produce live events
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Three of the five Localore Live grantees will partner with NPR member stations.
Quick Takes
New AIR initiative supports experiments with live events
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The Localore Live initiative will provide eight to 10 microgrants.
Programs/Content
Richmond Localore project lands in neighborhood center building creative economy
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Storefront Studio will train Richmond youth in audio production and storytelling.
Programs/Content
Producers find Localore events help bridge divides
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An AIR report argues that live events are important to public media to raise awareness and support and find crucial voices that may be missing from reporting.
Programs/Content
Localore report sees public media’s future in live events
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Among the report’s findings is that social platforms — such as church services, hot-dog wagons and food pantries — are as important as social media for the future of public media.
Diversity in Public Media
Localore project at Oklahoma’s KOSU reveals possibilities for Native news coverage
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Approaching Native issues can be daunting to non-Native journalists.
Programs/Content
New website brings together Finding America content
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The “metasite” looks for connections among the 15 Association of Independents in Radio projects.
Programs/Content
WAMU project amplifies a neglected neighborhood’s voices
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The Localore initiative Anacostia Unmapped features local producers telling unfiltered stories.
Programs/Content
With Beyond Belief, KCPT builds connections to Kansas City’s spiritual life
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The project is amplifying and facilitating the work of congregants gathering across faiths to tackle social problems.
Quick Takes
MacArthur doc grants include public media projects
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The 19 grants totaling almost $2.5 million were selected from nearly 500 proposals.
Programs/Content
Climate-tracking project iSeeChange moves into second phase with new funding and partnerships
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A new website for the project couples citizen observations with carbon dioxide data provided by NASA.
Programs/Content
New round of Localore projects focuses on underserved communities
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The number of applications for the latest round of Localore grew by 25 percent.
Programs/Content
How Hearken works with audiences to set the news agenda
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“The whole idea starts with bringing the audience into the editorial process from the very moment of story creation.”
Association of Independents in Radio
Three Localore projects receive additional funding
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The Association of Independents in Radio announced that three projects from the first round of its Localore initiative will receive additional funding for expanding their work.
People
Walker leaves AIR for ITVS, Lapin departs Current, and other comings and goings in public media
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The Independent Television Service has hired Noland Walker, former executive editor of the Association of Independents in Radio’s Localore project, as senior content director.
Localore
With Localore expansion, AIR’s Schardt looks to spread culture of R&D, mission of inclusion
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The Association of Independents in Radio is preparing to roll out its next iterations of Localore, the innovation initiative that paired indie producers with local stations.
Programs/Content
Crowdsourced climate-reporting project iSeeChange aims to expand with new partners
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Partnerships with NASA and a research initiative in Northern California will take iSeeChange beyond its roots in Colorado.
System/Policy
To follow paths charted by Localore, consider these ‘new realities’
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The second of two commentaries adapted from the Association of Independents in Radio’s recent report on Localore.
Localore
A report from “outside”: takeaways from AIR’s Localore
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Lessons learned from 10 station-based multimedia productions that tested new models of community service and engagement.
Localore
For Localore, broadcast’s reach still dwarfs digital media, outreach
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A visualization of Localore’s reach, prepared by AIR.