“Thank you to everyone who has contacted me regarding Fresh Air. We have heard both from Mississippians who appreciated our decision to remove Fresh Air from the 3:00 p.m. timeslot and those who were disappointed to see the program removed....
“I have a responsibility to represent all the people of Mississippi—not just those who would choose to impose a “my way or the highway” mentality. There are millions of Mississippians and everyone of them has a slightly different set of perspectives and values. As a state civil servant, my obligation is to try to be responsive to all. It is not an easy task, I assure you.
“As I have said before, we take our programming decisions very seriously. Not only that, though, we take comments from our listeners seriously. Comments from concerned listeners are what led to my decision to remove the program, but I want to give equal attention to listeners who enjoy the program. Please know that I will not be driven by the slander, threats, curses and total misrepresentations I have received from many over this one radio program. Thoughtful, intelligent, and sincere feedback is certainly helpful, though.
“That is why, beginning August 2, MPB Think Radio will air Fresh Air at 9:00 p.m. We have had constructive conversations with Fresh Air and we will now include notices saying that the program may include adult content. I believe airing this program in the 9:00 p.m. time slot allows MPB to respond to those who appreciate the program and be sensitive to those who do not believe it is appropriate for afternoon listeners.
“Thank you to all who shared your feedback on both sides of this issue.”
“Thank you to everyone who has contacted me regarding Fresh Air. We have heard both from Mississippians who appreciated our decision to remove Fresh Air from the 3:00 p.m. timeslot and those who were disappointed to see the program removed....
“I have a responsibility to represent all the people of Mississippi—not just those who would choose to impose a “my way or the highway” mentality. There are millions of Mississippians and everyone of them has a slightly different set of perspectives and values. As a state civil servant, my obligation is to try to be responsive to all. It is not an easy task, I assure you.
“As I have said before, we take our programming decisions very seriously. Not only that, though, we take comments from our listeners seriously. Comments from concerned listeners are what led to my decision to remove the program, but I want to give equal attention to listeners who enjoy the program. Please know that I will not be driven by the slander, threats, curses and total misrepresentations I have received from many over this one radio program. Thoughtful, intelligent, and sincere feedback is certainly helpful, though.
“That is why, beginning August 2, MPB Think Radio will air Fresh Air at 9:00 p.m. We have had constructive conversations with Fresh Air and we will now include notices saying that the program may include adult content. I believe airing this program in the 9:00 p.m. time slot allows MPB to respond to those who appreciate the program and be sensitive to those who do not believe it is appropriate for afternoon listeners.
“Thank you to all who shared your feedback on both sides of this issue.”
* Article for Current (Newspaper for U.S. Public Radio & Television) on Local Newsroom Weight Classifications
* Job Recruitment for a Major Market Station
* A Proposal: Innovation Laboratories at Local NPR Stations
* Writer/Facilitator for "Public Media Ethics Never Log Off: Guidelines for Public Media Employees in the Off-Hour Activities" (PM Integrity Project Paper #6)
* Rapporteur for the Public Media Integrity meeting in Madison, WI.
* A Proposal with J-Lab to Evaluate 7 U.S. "Local Journalism Centers" for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
* A Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford University. Project Focus: "Rewriting the NPR News Station Playbook." September 2010-June 2011.
*Presenting to The Media Coalition, "Innovation Labs in Public Media News," May 2011.
*Presenter, Palo Alto Rotary Club, "Changing Face of NPR News," April 2011.
*Judging awards for Public Radio News Directors, Winter 2011.
*Facilitating a "Digital Strategy Retreat" for Capital Public Radio in Sacramento, March 2011.
* Roundtable Presenter for Aspen Institute on "Rethinking Public Media: More Local, More Inclusive, More Interactive," December 2010.
* Facilitator for Editors Retreat, KQED, San Francisco. November 2010.
*A Census of Journalists in Public Radio and Television For the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Summer 2010
* Critique Panel, Aspen Institute, White Paper on Public Media, Summer 2010.
* Team Planning for the 2010 Public Radio Programming Conference
* Multimedia Training Workshop for PRNDI
* Ethical Case Studies Session for News Directors
* Regional Reporter Training by PRNDI in Louisville, KY
* Judging for the Charles E. Green Journalism Awards
*Judging for the Public Radio News Directors Awards
* Writing and submitting a client proposal to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's "Strengthening Local Journalism" RFP
* Planning a Training Program for the CPB-funded "Local Journalism Center" -- The Plains Stations * Planning news training and regional sharing for WSKG
* The Website and marketing for Advanced Psychiatric Care
* Reviewing "American Voices" for the Ken Mills Agency
* Northeastern Regional Reporter Training by PRNDI
* Western Regional Reporter Training by PRNDI
* Providing assessment and individualized training plans for the news/talk staff of Iowa Public Radio
* Spot news coverage of Santa Barbara wildfires for NPR
* Launching The Public Radio News Director's Guide for NPR and the Local News Initiative, presented by PRNDI
* Management Workshop for Southern Stations Sponsored by NPR's Local News Initiative
* Content Track Planning for IMA's 2009 Public Media Conference in Atlanta. Session Title: "The New News Model"
* Managing Editor for NPR's Next Generation Project at the "College Media Conference" in Kansas City, October 2008
* "The Four Tiers" -- a workshop for PRNDI Conference 2008
* "Improving Your Delivery" -- a workshop for PRNDI 2008
* Serving as the News Curator for PRX (Public Radio Exchange)
* Health Dialogues Program Assessment for KQED, San Francisco
* Midwestern Regional Reporter Training by PRNDI NewsWorks
* Southern Regional Reporter Training by PRNDI NewsWorks
* Radio News Standards and Practices Training for Broadcasters at Free North Korea, Open Radio and Radio Free Chosun -- all based in Seoul, South Korea (funded by NED (National Endowment for Democracy)
* News Evaluation for KTOO, Juneau, Alaska
* Planning and Moderating the "One Staff, Many Platforms" session at 2008 Public Media Conference in Los Angeles (Sponsored by the Integrated Media Association)
Michael V. Marcotte 2011 Knight Journalism Fellow Stanford University
(Video of Michael V. Marcotte summarizing his innovation labs proposal at the "Re-Engineering Journalism" event at Stanford, May 2011.)
“I have a responsibility to represent all the people of Mississippi—not just those who would choose to impose a “my way or the highway” mentality. There are millions of Mississippians and everyone of them has a slightly different set of perspectives and values. As a state civil servant, my obligation is to try to be responsive to all. It is not an easy task, I assure you.
“As I have said before, we take our programming decisions very seriously. Not only that, though, we take comments from our listeners seriously. Comments from concerned listeners are what led to my decision to remove the program, but I want to give equal attention to listeners who enjoy the program. Please know that I will not be driven by the slander, threats, curses and total misrepresentations I have received from many over this one radio program. Thoughtful, intelligent, and sincere feedback is certainly helpful, though.
“That is why, beginning August 2, MPB Think Radio will air Fresh Air at 9:00 p.m. We have had constructive conversations with Fresh Air and we will now include notices saying that the program may include adult content. I believe airing this program in the 9:00 p.m. time slot allows MPB to respond to those who appreciate the program and be sensitive to those who do not believe it is appropriate for afternoon listeners.
“Thank you to all who shared your feedback on both sides of this issue.”