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As part of PBS Need to Know’s ongoing series on the hardships of unemployment, “Help Wanted,” they want to hear from you.
They’re soliciting stories of economic hardship for the “Help Wanted” series both on the web and on air.
Click through and check out their new Tumblr (WELCOME!) and email them at ntkonpbs (at) gmail (dot) com.
It’s the new normal: Filling up half the tank, foregoing doctor’s appointments, skimping on groceries. Americans — who for well over a century have been the consumer engine of the world’s economy, accustomed to a high standard of living — are feeling the pain of the economic downturn in their…
Caption contest: Let’s hear it Tumblr, what’s your best MacNeil/Big Bird exchange?
“For the past three months, The PBS NewsHour has been gathering stories of Syrian-Americans who say they are victims of this kind of surveillance and harassment. Now, we need your help to go even deeper in our reporting.
Are you a Syrian living in the United States? Have you been harassed or intimidated by agents of the Assad regime or the Mukhabarat? Has your family in Syria been punished for your political beliefs or actions here?”
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(PHOTO: A portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seen on a national flag carried by pro-regime supporters during a rally in Damascus on December 9, 2011. LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images)
Students from around the country reflect on how the 9/11 attacks shaped their generation.
Check out the PBS NewsHour video quilt, NewsHour Extra video quilt and submit your own video here.
Tumblr Tuesday-Public Media Style
It is Tumblr Tuesday and time for some recommendations.
Showing Public Media some love:
- WGBHLab
- National Center for Media Engagement
- Mountain Lake PBS
- New Hampshire Public Television
- Thirteen NY
- Public Radio International
- NPR Fresh Air
- NPR
- On Point With Tom Ashbrook
Who are we missing?
Where Mono first settled into the lymph nodes of a woman named Monesha
David Pogue bloopers from NOVA “Hunting the Elements,” which airs tonight. The two-hour special takes a look at nature’s building blocks and where they come from.
Watch Elemental Bloopers on PBS. See more from NOVA.
I always wanted to be Buffy the Vampire Slayer and this was as close as I could come.
Thanks Mark and Fresh Air- Followers-go forth and follow these excellent public media outlets on Tumblr!
Also-keep letting us know tips to make ours better for you. (As you can tell, we’re still using it for some blog posts that would usually go on our site-thanks for checking them out!)
NPR Fresh Air’s excellent Tumblr blog reminded us today of the amazing number of public media outlets who now are on Tumblr:
Join us live at 8 p.m. ET for a special NewsHour: “America Remembers 9/11” on television, or streaming live online.
(Will include President Obama’s speech at the Kennedy Center at around 8 p.m. ET)
(PHOTO: POOL/Justin Lane/EPA A New York City police officer salutes at the North Pool of the 9/11 Memorial during the singing of the National Anthem during the tenth anniversary ceremonies at the site of the World Trade Center September 11, 2011, in New York.)
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been erupting for over 30 years – one of the longest erupting volcanoes on Earth. On tonight’s Leading Edge, science correspondent Miles O’Brien visits the most active volcano in Hawaii and the man who knows it best.