What policies will need to be passed in order to support dynamic, participatory public media? This caucus at the We Media '09 conference brought John Boland and Sara DeWitt of PBS together with Jessica Clark of CSM and Nathaniel James of the Media and Democracy Coalition together to discuss emerging opportunities.

1. Crafting Policy for
Public Media 2.0
‣ Jessica Clark, Center for Social Media, AU
‣ Sara DeWitt, PBS KIDS Interactive
‣ John Boland, Chief Content Officer, PBS
‣ Nathaniel James, Media and Democracy Coalition

2. Public media 2.0 policy:
‣ Infrastructure
‣ Content
‣ Engagement
Game Changers:
‣ New administration/stimulus
‣ New platforms/habits

4. New user habits:
‣ Choice
‣ Curation
‣ Conversation
‣ Creation
‣ Collaboration

6. Key areas to support:
‣ Creation/curation of original,
relevant reporting and analysis
‣ Directly engaging publics around
current issues—both online and off

7. Example: Public Radio Tuner
http://www.publicradiotuner.com
Example: Ushahidi on Al Jazeera
http://labs.aljazeera.net/warongaza/

9. ‣ NOTE: create visual that
demonstrates national network and
new collaborative roles for stations
www.futureofpublicmedia.net