http://philanthropy.com/article/NPR-Gets-17-Million-for/143639/?cid=pw&utm_source=pw&utm_medium=en
in a new pilot broadcasting platform, NPR will be experimenting with developing user-focused broadcasting channels–more like pandora meets spoken word and news. This is an interesting shift as people become more mobile and perhaps tune into either different NPR stations, or lifestream their home station to get news.
I still prefer radio news to almost any other, as it is more easily tuned ‘into’ and out of depending on what I’m doing. In my current multi-place existence, I keep the ‘tabs’ open on my browser for about 3-4 stations that I check into regularly–I have to check in to all to check each of the places. The iPad app is great for the overarching national coverage, but misses the local information. This new listening mode should help me hear the right amalgamated news that fits my interests directly.
Similar to other ‘systems’ that are now stretching with people across state lines and broadcast areas, this new feature by npr shows how even conventional systems can look at new ways to reach their audience. economic development infrastructure may also want to take heed– i.e. business financing tools that follow the company across a few jurisdictions, allowing them to connect more directly to each place. Perhaps spousal support mechanisms (day care/school information, civic notifications and reminders, neighborhood updates) to better support people in multi-place households with more efficient and productive civic engagement….