PBS May Launch "Video Blogs"

Deep within this Current.org Q&A with PBS programmers, Programming Exec Jacoba (Coby) Atlas says PBS is toying with launching video blogs on the Public Square public affairs channel that they are developing with funding from the Knight Foundation. Current.org is the Web site of Current, a newspaper that covers US public broadcasting.

"We need to find out from the technological geniuses what the next thing will be. How do we ratchet that up for even greater engagement? There are all these chat rooms — is there a way to turn that into a program? Also blogs. We've talked about using video blogs as interstitials," Atlas told Current.org.

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