Columbia Journalism Review Considers the Future of Public Television News

Cover Story — July / August 2011 - The Future of Public Television. Can Public Television News Step Up? By The Editors T elevision has long been our most popular news medium, the format that unites us and brings the world to our living rooms each night. Public television news is cherished by many in America, even though—resource-starved, politically beaten, and reportorially unambitious—it has always danced a step behind. In the following pieces, we try to envision what public television could be, in an era in which we desperately need it to be more than it is. Emily Bell , a newcomer to America, considers what she senses is missing in US media: a place to go when big things are happening. She misses the BBC, the UK's national campfire, but also understands why the US won't get one, and what realistic possibilities do exist. Bell, the former director of digital media for The Guardian , runs the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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