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Why Social Media?
By Scott Gowans, WOSU Web Manager
Join WOSU's social media outlets at wosu.org!
Social media is so new that people are still trying to figure out what to do with it.
Mostly, people head to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and blogs to stay connected—to friends and family, as well as to meet new people. These sites can foster friendship, community, a sense of belonging. They can help find information about a specific issue; find people who like the same things they like, or listen to the same music they listen to. These are places to add photos, let people view your videos, and join the conversation.
In reading the comments posted to our sites, we are reminded that relationships are not transactions: they are developed over time, through a series of opportunities to work together, one post at a time.
We’ve been posting material via social media because we know that some of you find it easier to check your Facebook page than to go to wosu.org to find out about new videos from ArtZine or an event announcement. We use Twitter to send out all of our local news stories and arts features. We use YouTube because it makes it easy for us to share videos with you, and for you to share them with each other. These tools highlight the best of WOSU, but they are also conversation starters.
You can always send our audience advocate an email if you have a comment or a question, but you can also talk directly to one of the classical folks through their blog, or chime in on a topic through Columbus on the Record’'s Facebook group. We’d love to hear from you, and we’d love to work together.
Contact Alysia Gobert-Smith at alysia.gobert-smith@wosu.org if you have any questions or feedback.
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Volunteers are essential in helping to provide quality services to the community. It all starts with you! As WOSU grows, so does our need for volunteers. We are looking for both individual and group volunteers, and we will train you for any job you wish to perform.
By becoming a WOSU volunteer, you’ll help support public radio and television, meet new people, learn new skills, give something back to the community, and make a difference! Join our winning team today!
Visit our online volunteer page at wosu.org/volunteers to sign up today!
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 Columbus Neighborhoods: Join WOSU for a Short North Share-Your-Story Event!
In conjunction with the March premiere of the first documentary in the Columbus Neighborhoods project focusing on the Short North neighborhood, WOSU will hold a special Share Your Story event during the March 6, 2010 Gallery Hop in the Short North.
Participants will have the opportunity to share stories, historical films, and photographs representing the Short North neighborhood. The stories and memorabilia collected during the event will be included, recorded, and posted to the columbusneighborhoods.org web site, which will launch very soon.
For more information visit the website or call 614-292-9678. Mark your calendar for the Short North premiere on Monday, March 8, at 8pm on WOSU TV.
 A Closer Look at America's Identity and History
What made America? What makes us? These two questions are at the heart of the new four-part PBS series Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. WOSU TV will air the compelling series on Wednesdays, beginning on February 10 at 8pm.
Gates, known for his work on the documentary series African American Lives, looks beyond the African-American experience to the wider immigrant story, and unravels the American tapestry, following the threads of his guests’ lives back to their earliest origins around the globe. Along the way, the many stories he uncovers—of displacement and homecoming, of material success and dispossession, of assimilation and discrimination—illuminate the American experience.
Gates’ guests include professor and poet Elizabeth Alexander, who composed and read the poem at President Barack Obama’s inauguration; chef Mario Batali; comedian Stephen Colbert; novelist Louise Erdrich; journalist Malcolm Gladwell; actress Eva Longoria; musician Yo-Yo Ma; director Mike Nichols; Her Majesty Queen Noor; television host/heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz; actress Meryl Streep; and figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi.
“We will reveal in rich detail the fascinating stories about our guests’ ancestors, both since their arrival as immigrants to the United States, and before their arrival here, in the countries from which they emigrated,” says Professor Gates, the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. “We hope to show how immigration of peoples from around the globe so profoundly has reshaped what it means to be ‘an American’ and continues to affect how we talk about identity today.”
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The WOSU Online Annual Report is a media-rich retrospective look at the programs, partners, and people that helped to make 2009 a great year for our organization.
You can read, see, and hear more about our involvement in the digital TV transition, our work with the arts community in Columbus, our award-winning news team, and much more. WOSU’s progress over the past year was impressive...and we couldn’t have made such an important impact without the support of our generous donors.
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 Discover Our Ohio at 12:30pm on WOSU TV!
This year marks the fifth season WOSU has aired the Our Ohio series. Over this time, Our Ohio has revealed interesting stories and featured many Ohioans whose stories may not have been told otherwise.
Our Ohio was created to make agriculture and the stories of Ohio farm families interesting and relevant to consumers. Our Ohio, supported by Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, Nationwide Insurance and Medical Mutual of Ohio, provides consumers with information and opportunities to experience Ohio agriculture through topics such as travel, animals, history, cooking, families and gardening. Our Ohio is a consumer Web site (OurOhio.org), a magazine, and a weekly TV series airing on Ohio’s public television stations. But the Our Ohio brand is larger than just media; Our Ohio is also local promotional activities that will help farm families connect with communities and neighbors through festivals, farm markets, fairs and other activities.
Ohio’s agricultural heritage is woven into our lives through our people, products, values and culture. Our Ohio features people who are making a difference in their communities, businesses and the products they produce. Our Ohio has stories about interesting Ohio destinations, cooking and preparing meals for friends and family, nutrition and the latest in science and research. The show also features gardening and explores the desire many of us have to “express our inner farmer.” Whether it’s growing vegetables and flowers in the summertime or having the prettiest lawn on the block, Our Ohio helps viewers polish their green thumbs.
Watch for new and interesting episodes of Our Ohio on Sundays at 12:30pm on WOSU TV. In the meantime, visit OurOhio.org and learn more about our great state’s farm heritage.
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