Out Old, In New
Two AIRblast firsts! A feature composed by AIR Executive Director Sue Schardt – who breaks down public radio in dollars and cents – and the charming voice of President David Freedman speaking to the inner tunings of that well oiled machine you know as AIR. If that's not enough, perhaps dreams of a $25K grant (see the New Voices Funding deadline) will get you thinking to the year ahead. Read more.
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Start the new year right
Start 2010 off right and give the gift that keeps on giving all year round – the gift of an AIR membership, offered at a 20% discount until February 1, 2010. Read on for details.
New at MQ2.org
Take an 8-minute tour of the revolutionary and participatory models launched by AIR's inventive MQ2 talent and funded by CPB. Join performance poet Al Letson (State of the Re-Union) as he talks you through this first-look at the new media life forms that are engaging new publics and seizing the digital future. And when you're done, please help us spread the word by sharing the link and telling your friends to check it out.
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