Paterson: public radio at the tipping point
Rob Paterson has stimulated a lot of my thinking in the past three years or so concerning organizations and social networks. Today he posted to his blog a careful and extensive breakdown of public radio’s efforts to engage with its audience in the Internet age. NPR brought Rob in as a catalyst to a major planning effort with stations that started in late 2005. He has remained a friend and a thoughtful critic.
As readers of this blog know, we have worked diligently at KUSP to move our station in this direction. And I concur with Rob – the potential for positive and transformative change is now being realized, as 2009 turns to 2010.
Fans of public radio should take heart in the growing impact of what we are all building together — as listeners, local stations, collaborations of local stations, and national/global networks (like NPR and BBC).
So, thank you for being part of our construction team!