Stay connected:
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Awards Funds to Extend PBS NEWSHOUR Election Coverage to Diverse Audiences
Submitted: January 19, 2012 - 9:38pm
Originally published: January 19, 2012
Last updated: January 19, 2012 - 9:53pm
Originally published: January 19, 2012
Last updated: January 19, 2012 - 9:53pm
Author:
press release
Location:
Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), 401 Ninth Street, NW, Washington, 20004-2129, United States
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced funding for PBS NEWSHOUR to support NEWSHOUR Open Election 2012, a public media initiative that will enhance the program’s election coverage and better inform diverse audiences about important election issues.
Through a $420,000 grant from CPB, NEWSHOUR Open Election 2012 is utilizing crowd-sourcing technologies developed by the Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF) and Mozilla to enable citizen volunteers to translate and caption 2012 election coverage into dozens of languages, as well as for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. These technologies will make election news, speeches and debates more accessible for diverse audiences, helping to increase their understanding of, and engagement in, the political process. PBS NEWSHOUR will launch the translation and captioning project during President Obama’s 2012 State of the Union address on Jan. 24.
- Login or register to post comments
- Email this page
Related
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting Announces a $1.5 Million Grant to NPR
- CPB Awards Major Grant to Public Media Election Collaboration
- Networks Plan Blanket Coverage of Super Tuesday
- CPB Funding for Mobile DTV Initiative
- CPB Grant to National Federation of Community Broadcasters
- One Nation Media Project responds to the growing diversity of public media audiences in the Los Angeles region
- CPB Funding for the Online Video Engagement Experience
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS Announce Major Investment in Diversity Programming
- FCC's Video Description Rules Are Now in Effect
- CPB Funds Cost-Saving Technology Project for New York Public Television Stations
- CPB Announces Funding to Expand American Public Media’s Public Insight Network
- CPB Provides Emergency Grants Following Hurricane Sandy
- Libraries, Museums, and Public Broadcasters to Address Community Needs
- CPB Grants Help More Local Public Radio Stations Move Toward Digital Services
- CPB and PBS Commend Congress, Department of Education for Continued Funding of Ready To Learn
Topics
Location
Javascript is required to view this map.
Ratings
Recommendation:
3
Informative:
0
Accuracy:
0
Login to rate this headline.