KVNF has been selected as one of 10 stations in the country to be tapped for the “Localore” project.
Localore is a $2 million initiative produced by Boston-based AIR, the Association of Independents in Radio. More than $1 million in funding will support 10 station-based innovation teams for up to one year. The teams are tasked with bringing their ingenuity to blend digital and broadcast technology, and invent new forms of storytelling that will appeal beyond public broadcasting’s traditional core audience. KVNF was selected, along with KALW San Francisco, KCRW Los Angeles, KQED San Francisco, KUT Austin, WBEZ Chicago, WGBH Boston, WYSO Dayton, Prairie Public Broadcasting Fargo, and Twin Cities Public Television Minneapolis.
Julia Kumari Drapkin, a multi -media producer from New Orleans, will spend 12 months leading and producing her project “iseechange.” Bringing together public radio, a mobile documentary unit, and a custom crowdsourcing multi-media platform, Drapkin seeks to engage residents of the North Fork region in a conversation about how they see change through the course of a year – season to season. Based in the KVNF building, but having a robust field component to the project, “iseechange” will serve as a central access point to collect observations, organize conversation threads, and report stories. Julia will arrive in March of 2012 to begin the project.
KVNF listeners will enjoy regularly produced short segments on the airwaves and posted on our website. At the end of each season, Drapkin will create a final, highly produced multi-media documentary that summarizes the conversation that took place in sound, image, and online.
Ali Lightfoot and Todd Sheets created this video about KVNF as part of the grant process be considered for Localore. Here’s the video:
KVNF Localore from Hutman Media on Vimeo.
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Jim Lehrman | February 1, 2012 at 4:02 pm
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Wonderful! I found myself getting teary-eyed watching this. It was so sweet. You covered great points – the depth and breadth of the community with its focus on carbon and alternative energy, organic agriculture, children, arts, music, and visionary concern about the future (eg, Vision 2020). And I also appreciate that history got brought up on a personal level in Sally mentioning she grew up there. And it was great to see the juxtaposition of modern radio technology and Felix doing his thing. Very good production! Congratulations on what you did (and who you are). Now let’s hope I can soon congratulate you on the response from Localore!