Ira Glass to pubmedia: ‘The time of invention does not need to be over’
SALT LAKE CITY — As public media organizations face the new realities of a post-CPB world, This American Life host and EP Ira Glass told industry content leaders that there’s still room for innovation.
“There’s so much yet to do, there’s so much yet to invent. I still believe that,” he said Tuesday during a keynote speech at the Public Media Content Conference. “… The time of invention does not need to be over. All it takes is for us to decide that we’re going to try something new.”
He added that when it comes to federal funding cuts, “if that means stations rethinking … relationships to listeners and doing more events, and doing better local coverage and local service, I just think that would be a great thing to come out of this.”
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