WILLblog began in March 2004 as an experimental blog for me as the webmaster at WILL-AM-FM-TV. No one else on the staff was blogging yet, and while blogs weren't exactly new they weren't yet totally mainstream and ubiquitous as they are now. I told me then-boss I would spend no more than ten minutes on it per day, as my time was at a premium even then (much more so now!). I attempted to post to it every few days at least, but there were whole weeks, and later months, when I didn't post anything at all.
What I found was that the format tempted me to become a bit edgy. I look back and cringe at a few posts, but that's probably inevitable. I did use it to publish content directly related to WILL and public broadcasting, including streaming archives of various political events. Today that content would more likely go on WILL's main website...but WILLblog served a unique purpose at that time for publishing new media. I've attempted to revive it recently, and may yet find a new rhythm and purpose for it. Meanwhile, some possibly interesting archival postings remain with WILLblog, hosted at Blogger.com.
The 2004 conference of the Integrated Media Association was a watershed moment for many of us in public broadcasting who are committed to, well, public broadcasting. Combine the mission of public TV and radio with the technology of the Internet, and you could get something really powerful for community, enlightenment, and democracy.
That's the idea behind opensourcebroadcasting.org.
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