#pubcamp for the West Coast

PubCamp West 2 - Coming Aug. 25!

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:48:57 -0400

Mark your calendars - PubCamp West 2 is set for Aug. 25 at Work Evolution Laboratories in Long Beach! Public media staffers from around the west coast will once again be gathering to discuss ways to address some of the challenges we’re facing.

Click here to register, and follow this Tumblr for more details in the coming days.

Jasmine Bulin from PBS SoCal talks about what she’ll take...

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:03:00 -0400

Jasmine Bulin from PBS SoCal talks about what she’ll take away from PubCampWest in this video, shot by Amy Baroch.

Multimedia journalist Adam Popescu talks about social...

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:48:00 -0400

Multimedia journalist Adam Popescu talks about social media’s importance to news in this video from PubCampWest. Video shot by Amy Baroch.

Amy Baroch interviewed several PubCampWest participants during...

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:03:20 -0400

Amy Baroch interviewed several PubCampWest participants during the conference and asked what they had learned. Here’s the first of those interviews, a discussion with journalist Jessica Perez. More video will be posted in the coming days.

Public Media Organizations Covering Hurricane Irene

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:29:00 -0400

Here are links to some public media organizations in communities affected by what had been Hurricane Irene, a storm which left more than 20 dead, knocked out power and disrupted transportation on the east coast Aug. 27-29.

#PubCampWest: the photos

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:34:00 -0400

More than 60 bloggers, community organization representatives and public media employees gathered at KPCC in Los Angeles last weekend to discuss public media’s future at PubCampWest. Check out photos by Vincent Close from both days of the event below.

We’ll begin posting video of interviews with several event attendees next week.

#PubCampWest project pitches: Reaching the Whole Community

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:27:21 -0400

Many public media organizations are looking for ways to expand their audiences to match the diversity of their communities. During PCW participants talked about different ways to reach and engage a larger audience.

Here are links to iPhone photos of the conference whitesheets listing ideas for reaching the whole community; audio of the full discussion and project pitches follows. For more, check out this Storify from the event.

Whitesheet one: reaching the whole community

Whitesheet two: reaching the whole community

Whitesheet three: reaching the whole community

Whitesheet four: reaching the whole community

Whitesheet five: reaching the whole community

Whitesheet six: reaching the whole community

Whitesheet seven: reaching the whole community

Whitesheet eight: reaching the whole community

PubCampWest project pitch: Reaching the Whole Community by ianhillmedia

#PubCampWest project pitches: Integrating Online

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:58:00 -0400

Another topic discussed at last weekend’s PCW was how to bring online and broadcast content departments closer together at public media organizations. Participants emphasized the need for organizations to stop thinking about online content as “web extras” which are not as important as broadcast content.

Here are links to iPhone photos of the conference whitesheets listing ideas for integrating online content at public media organizations; audio of the full discussion and project pitches follows. For more, check out this Storify from the event.

Whitesheet one: integrating online

Whitesheet two: integrating online

Whitesheet three: integrating online

Whitesheet four: integrating online

Whitesheet five: integrating online

Whitesheet six: integrating online

PubCampWest project pitch: Integrating Online by ianhillmedia

Twitter list of #pubcampwest attendees

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:40:00 -0400

Twitter list of #pubcampwest attendees

Wondering what came out of the hackathon? Audio wonderousness!

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:00:52 -0400

Wondering what came out of the hackathon? Audio wonderousness!

#PubCampWest project pitches: Election 2012

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:53:51 -0400

PubCampWest was a two-day event. On the first day, conference attendees met in small groups in an effort to create ideas for collaborative projects in three areas: reaching the whole community, integrating online and covering the 2012 election. The following day members of each small group pitched their project ideas to the entire conference.

This week we’ll be posting audio and photos from those pitches. First up: ideas for covering the election.

Below are links to images of the pages that contain the ideas discussed - they’re links instead of embedded photos so you can get a closer look at what’s written. (I apologize if they’re a bit blurry; they were shot with my iPhone.)

Election ideas one

Election ideas two

Election idea: the station as a hub of voter information

Election idea: civic education

Election idea: a collaborative effort for local fact-checking

And here is audio of the discussion about the election ideas, taken from the conference live stream.

PubCampWest project pitch: Election 2012 by ianhillmedia

Current Gives a Shout-Out to PCW

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:21:38 -0400

Current Gives a Shout-Out to PCW

Did you miss PubCampWest this weekend? Here’s unedited...

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:33:24 -0400

Did you miss PubCampWest this weekend? Here’s unedited video of Sunday’s final session, in which participants pitched project ideas and discussed the future of public media. Pop some popcorn, kick back and enjoy - it’s about two hours and 30 minutes long.

We’ll post more video and photos from the conference in the coming days.

One of the topics discussed at the 2011 PubCampWest conference...

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:21:36 -0400

One of the topics discussed at the 2011 PubCampWest conference was the importance of online content. Content posted on the web should not be considered an “extra,” participants said, but should be seen as vital in its own right. In this brief audio clip, one of the conference attendees - a station intern - describes how she consumes news and talks about why online content is important.

#PubCampWest, the Storifys: part two

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:33:00 -0400

Steve Saldivar took a lot of great photos this weekend at PubCampWest. Click here to see his Flickr slideshow from the event. Below is his Storify, which also includes some interesting perspective.

#PubCampWest, the Storifys: part one

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:24:01 -0400

Did you miss PubCampWest? Fortunately, there are at least two great Storifys out there curating Tweets from this weekend’s conference. Below is a Storify by the Association of Independents in Radio’s Jessica Clark; I’ll post a second Storify later today.

#PubCampWest: fin

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:18:05 -0400

Thanks to Kim Bui for all her hard work, KPCC who hosted and everyone who worked to make it a great success. Come back to this tumblr this week for archive video of today’s presentations, additional photos and video and more!

Live video and Tweets: #PubCampWest, Day Two

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:00:00 -0400

Good morning, and welcome to the second day of PubCampWest! This morning we’ll be presenting the results from yesterday’s discussions on three topics: Election 2012, integrating online and reaching the whole community. Discussion most likely will start between 9-9:30am. We have live streaming video below, as well as a feed of Tweets using the #PubCampWest hashtag. If you can’t see the video, please let us know with a #PubCampWest Tweet. (Audio is muted until the event begins; we’re set to mobile quality for the sake of the bitrate and stream, so it might be a tad delayed and/or pixelated.)

Watch live streaming video from pubcampwest at livestream.com
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Resources from #PubCampWest

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 20:21:00 -0400

Here are links to some of the resources and projects we discussed today. Feel free to add your own in the comments.

Tiki-Toki: create your own embeddable timeline.

Qrank: create a quiz.

KCET’s Departures: an online exploration of Los Angeles neighborhoods.

Visual.ly: create infographics, still in beta.

KPCC’s OnCentral: a news site for neighborhoods around L.A.’s Central Avenue.

WDET’s Truck Stop: residents can report trucking violations via text.

WBEZ’s Dear Chicago: Chicago residents discuss the problems affecting their lives.

Live from #PubCampWest: afternoon sessions

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:24:57 -0400

This afternoon we’ll be discussing election 2012 and integrating online. Check out Tweets from the event below:

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