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New dates!

Public Interactive continues to host webinar workshops to help you learn how to transform your news scripts to stories for the web, as part of our Economy Project offerings.

This webinar will cover style guidelines, editing tips, followed by a live demonstration. Highlights include guidance on:

* Transforming scripts into web copy
* Resources on writing for the web

Upcoming WRITING FOR THE WEB dates:

Tue 3/02/10 1pm ET/10am PT
Mon 3/08/10 2pm ET/11am PT
Tue 3/16/10 12pm ET/9am PT

Contact Ki for webinar access info. Sign up today - space is limited!

Ki-Min Sung
617.423.4499 x130
ki@publicinteractive.com

Back due to popular demand!

As part of our Economy Project offerings, Public Interactive will host another webinar workshop to help our clients learn how to write for the web, including style guidelines, editing tips, and a live demonstration. Highlights include guidance on:

* Transforming scripts into web copy
* Resources on writing for the web

WRITING FOR THE WEB
Date: Thursday 01/28/10
Time: 1:00pm ET / 10:00am PT

Contact Ki for webinar access info. Sign up today - space will be limited!

Ki-Min Sung
617.423.4499 x130
ki@publicinteractive.com

Sign Up for The Public Media Economy Story Webinar

Date: Wednesday 01/27/10
Time: 2:00pm ET / 11:00am PT

The economic crisis is still a very real problem for millions of Americans.

Join us for the second in a series of webinars about CPB’s Public Media Economy Collaboration. The webinar will introduce new resources and the latest multi-platform tools to enhance your station’s local efforts around economic issues, including:

-   a Facebook application from Youth Radio
-   PBS’ video widget
-   economic lesson plans

Angie Tung, Public Interactive Product Manager, will give a brief tour of the Knowledge Network (http://network.npr.org) web site.

Click here (https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:1401712.6582237295/rid:75373b7fee320d57f8dc61129d983e46) for more details and to register for the webinar.

As part of our Economy Project offerings, Public Interactive will host a webinar workshop to help our clients learn how to write for the web, including style guidelines, editing tips, and a live demonstration. Highlights include guidance on:

* Transforming scripts into web copy
* Resources on writing for the web

WRITING FOR THE WEB
Date: Thursday 01/21/10
Time: 2:00pm ET / 11:00am PT to  3:00pm ET / 12:00pm PT

Contact Ki for webinar access info. Sign up today - space will be limited!

Ki-Min Sung
617.423.4499 x130
ki@publicinteractive.com

Happy New Year from your friends at Public Interactive!

Looking back, it’s been a very busy year!  We’re proud of what we’ve accomplished so far, and are looking forward to what is coming in 2010. To better serve you, we’re currently hard at work on the next version of our core platform, among other things. This new platform will make it even easier for you to engage with your listeners online.

Some highlights from the past year include:

• Celebrating our 10th anniversary
• Working with more people in the Public Broadcasting industry
• Reporting to SoundExchange on behalf of stations
• Enhancing Composer Pro and launching Composer Basic
• Upgrading Public Arts
• Launching The Economy Section as part of the Economy Project Collaboration
• Providing data integration and support for the PRX Player and NPR News iPhone apps
• Upgrading the Public Events Calendar

Three Public Interactive client stations were recognized by the National Association of Black Journalists for the “Salute to Excellence” awards:

WYPR - “Tubman Legacy Getting New Attention” by Donna Owens, with support from the WYPR team including Managing Editor Sunni Khalid, Senior Producer Mary Rose Madden, and Jon Ehrens
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wypr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1373941

WFSU - TV - “When Babies Die” by Theresa Marsenburg and Thomas Jones
http://www.wfsu.org/tfc/fx-21_season.html

Public Broadcasting Atlanta - TV - “Backstage in Black” by Angela Robinson, Vickie Whitlock, and Andre Jones

Plus, NPR’s Michele Norris was named Journalist of the Year by NABJ, and three NPR pieces also received the Salute to Excellence honor:

“Darfur Humanitarian Crisis” http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91382792
“Troy Maxson: Heart, Heartbreak as Big as the World” http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90374807
“The York Project: Race and the 2008 Vote” http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95934562

Congratulations! See all the winners here: http://www.nabj.org/pdf/STEWinners2009.pdf

The Economy Project aggregated news section is live! This Public NewsRoom section includes stories created by you, curated into one single feed. This feed has an add-on “link back” feature that can also help generate traffic back to your sites.

This new section is automatically available to all Public NewsRoom subscribers. You will find “The Economy Project” within your list of sections in your news navigation.

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wabe/news.newsmain?action=section&SECTION_ID=18

To contribute your stories, select “The Economy Project” box under “Sections” when adding or editing a story:
Questions?  For editorial support or to discuss story ideas:
Ki-Min Sung
ki@publicinteractive.com
617.423.4499 x130

For other questions about the project or Public NewsRoom:
Angie Tung
Public NewsRoom Manager
angie@publicinteractive.com
617.423.4499 x136

Need more web content and resources to supplement your economy coverage? Visit the Knowledge Network. (http://network.npr.org)

As you may know, Public Interactive is participating in the Economy Collaboration funded by CPB to cover the economic crisis. Similar to last year’s Election Collaboration, we will provide editorial assistance for your online news content and produce an aggregated feed.

The Economy Project aggregated news feed will include stories created by you, curated into one single feed for distribution to help generate traffic back to your sites. We’re pleased to have our new editor/curator Ki-Min Sung (Kee) on board, who will provide support in this endeavor. Ki comes to us with experience in radio (NPR, KCRW, Marketplace) and print. She is currently based at NPR West in Culver City, California.

Keep an eye out for the Economy Project section in your Public NewsRoom, and get ready to contribute your stories!

To reach Ki for editorial support or to discuss story ideas:

Ki-Min Sung
ki@publicinteractive.com
617.423.4499 x130

Public Interactive is participating in the Economy Collaboration funded by CPB to cover the economic crisis comprehensively on multiple platforms.

Our projects include:

• Aggregated News Feed: economic impact stories created by you, curated into one single feed for distribution to help generate traffic back to your sites.
• Knowledge Network: A one-stop shop for audio, video, widgets and other web tools from collaborating partners, http://network.npr.org.

We’re pleased to introduce our new editor/curator Ki-Min Sung (Kee). Kee comes to us with experience in radio (NPR, KCRW, Marketplace) and print. She is currently based at NPR West in Culver City, California.

To reach Ki for editorial support or to discuss story ideas:
Ki-Min Sung (Kee)
ki@publicinteractive.com
617.423.4499 x130

For other questions about the project, contact:
Angie Tung
NewsRoom Manager
angie@publicinteractive.com
617.423.4499 x136

Visit EconomyStory.org <http://www.economystory.org/> to read more about
this public media collaboration project.

PRNDI: NewsRoom Manager Angie Tung is excited to be at the annual PRNDI conference in Portland to update you on the latest projects and current initiatives.  She will share the latest Public NewsRoom improvements, as well as news on the Economy 2009 Collaboration.

Keep an eye out for Angie (angie@publicinteractive.com, 617.423.4499 x136), and say hi!

PRDMC: We also look forward to seeing you at PRDMC in July! Reserve your appointment for demos, questions and tutorials regarding:

• Quick Pledge™, our online pledge system that enabled stations to raise $20 million online last year
• Pulse, our integrated email marketing solution.
• PCI Compliance and security
• Sound Exchange reporting