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Congratulations to KPLU! KPLU, a Core Publisher pilot station, has a new site!

While their Core Publisher site has been live as their news section for a few months, “The River”, is now their new home page, putting it front and center to further test the idea of building audience through online news.

http://www.kplu.org

Scroll down to see the miniature pony on an escalator (Thanks John).

Changed email addresses? New people at the station? Want to know what we’re up to?

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Are you heading to ERPM in Atlanta or WSPR in Las Vegas? Meet some of the star members of the PI team — Joe Orlando, Phil Johnson, Ki-Min Sung and Keith Hopper.

Both conferences are jam-packed with valuable sessions on diversity, growing the audience, increasing donations, and the landscape of Public Media in the future.

And, at both ERPM and WSPR, stations can participate in Digital News Day, and learn about best practices in digital news delivery. The Knight Digital Media Center partnered with NPR for several strategies and skills training sessions over the past year, and recently hosted a “Future of Local news and Public Media” summit for management teams of stations participating in the PI Core Pilot project. We have adapted the agenda to offer a one-day summit following both conferences.

PI’s own Keith Hopper and Ki-Min Sung will lead sessions on extending this new model to general news, see details here: http://core.publicinteractive.com/2010/10/digital-news-day-at-erpm/

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

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