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MY SOURCE IN LOUISVILLE

P.O.V. ANNOUNCES FILMS FOR 2008

SUPER WHY! BIG EVENT OUTREACH GRANTS

UPCOMING GRANT OPPORTUNITY: WE SHALL REMAIN

EXPANDING OUR AUDIENCE OF EDUCATORS WITH iTUNES U

THE IMPACT OF STORYSHARE DURING THE WAR

NCO'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER

MY SOURCE IN LOUISVILLE

Public Radio Partnership (WFPK, WFPL, WUOL) in Louisville, Kentucky, recently invited community members to share their thoughts about public radio via the stations' Web sites. Using bulletin board software, listeners complete the sentence "Public radio in Louisville is My Source for..." So far, 60 people have participated, including a listener named Andy, who says "Public radio in Louisville is My Source for connection to the community of people in our region who care enough to try to make a difference." Visit http://www.wfpl.org (or wfpk.org or wuol.org) to see how My Source is used on the station home pages. Visit http://www.prp.org/cms to read listener comments.

P.O.V. ANNOUNCES FILMS FOR 2008

P.O.V. will post its 2008 season online by February 15. The season is full of films with great community engagement potential, so scan the list for the ones that resonate with your community's needs. Preview pages for two of the new films are already available online at
www.pbs.org/pov/pov2008/criticalcondition/preview.html and www.pbs.org/pov/pov2008/electionday/preview.html

SUPER WHY! BIG EVENT OUTREACH GRANTS

Engage new audiences and extend the educational impact of SUPER WHY! in your community with a $4,000 Big Event Outreach Grant. Applications are due March 7. Eight grants will be awarded in early April. Learn more about this opportunity and apply at NCO's PlanIT!

UPCOMING GRANT OPPORTUNITY: WE SHALL REMAIN

WGBH will award ten $5,000 grants to support local outreach around WE SHALL REMAIN, a provocative multi-media initiative that establishes Native history as an essential part of American history. Premiering in spring 2009, WE SHALL REMAIN includes a five-part documentary series, extensive Web site, educator resources, and community engagement activities. The RFP will be posted on PlanIt! by February 15.

Questions can be directed to Mary Haggerty at WGBH at mary_haggerty@wgbh.org or 617/300-4299.

EXPANDING OUR AUDIENCE OF EDUCATORS WITH iTUNES U

PBS and local stations KQED, WETA, WGBH and WNET recently launched iTunes U, a source of free educational content available to iTunes users across the globe. The new area offers a wide-range of TV, radio and Web content including on-air interviews with authors, documentary video clips and digital storytelling techniques. Look for iTunes U in the iTunes Store and spread the word to your local community of educators.

THE IMPACT OF STORYSHARE DURING THE WAR

Stations that featured StorySHARE on their Web sites in support of Ken Burns's THE WAR gathered over 2,800 audio and video WWII-related stories, many of which had never been told before. NCO, PBS, WETA and CPB collaborated to develop the tool. Eighty-one stations used it to collect and display stories from their local communities and around the nation. Visit the NCO Web site to see more StorySHARE results and read community comments.

NCO'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER

Erika Monroe-Kane joins NCO as Community Engagement Manager, a newly created position to increase and disseminate community engagement resources to stations. Erika comes to us from one of the most highly regarded United Way Agencies in the country where she was the Director of Communications and Community Engagement. In addition, she has a long history of marketing and media coordination. Erika will work closely with The Harwood Institute, the Community Engagement Initiative and the Public Awareness Initiative.