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Impact Report on Mapping Main Street + MQ2

Mapping Main Street — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:27:38 +0000

Sue Schardt, Executive Director of AIR, and Jessica Clark, director of the Center for Social Media’s Future of Public Media project, just published this report on the impact of MQ2, featuring a detailed analysis of Mapping Main Street. Read it here:

Included is an infographic demonstrating the ways in which MMS has extended far beyond the initial NPR broadcasts, taking on a life of its own and illustrating a new paradigm for multiplatform public media.

MMS + MQ2 at FCC

Mapping Main Street — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:08:48 +0000

Here’s the video that we put together with AIR Executive Director for the FCC’s workshop on “Future of Media.”

And here’s a version that Jim Hair, one of the project’s most engaged contributors, posted on YouTube pulled from the FCC archives.

Mapping Main Street presented to FCC

Mapping Main Street — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:39:45 +0000

High School Friends Collaborate To Document Their Hometown in Port Jefferson, NY

Adam Gismondi — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:03:43 +0000

In the winter of 2010, a reunion of four high school friends occurred in the Village of Port Jefferson to document the place of their youth. All founders of Silly Hats Only Productions, they made their way up and down Main Street, visiting the shops, clientele, and business owners that bring life to the Village every day. Along the way they shared conversations with a village guide, the mayor, the owner of a sea shell store, an arts director at the local theatre, and more.

The four of us have a yearly tradition of coming together over our respective winter breaks to shoot short films as a creative outlet. This year, we decided to put our efforts towards a Mapping Main Street contribution, since we felt our beloved hometown, with its combination of history and unique small businesses, had a story worth telling. What we didn’t account for during the shoot were the gusts of wind, quickly dropping temperatures, and the icy water kicking up on shore by the town’s ferry. Our only regret in putting this short film together is that we couldn’t share every part of our Village, from the downtown bar regulars to the line cook at the local steakhouse. There’s a richness in character on this Main Street that must be experienced in person.

- Adam Gismondi, Luke Ceo, Mark Sternberg and Ryan Hodum

: Mark Sternberg, Luke Ceo, Adam Gismondi and Ryan Hodum of Port Jefferson, NY

Look under the hood

Matthew Long-Middleton — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:20:05 +0000

See how the creative gears came together to bring Mapping Main Street to life, as Kara, Jesse and James share their insights and inspirations at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society lunch seminar.

The sum is more than its parts:

Matthew Long-Middleton — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:15:53 +0000

Wondering how Mapping Main Street came to be? Turns out it’s one part lots of hard work, plus one great opportunity, add several friends and colleagues to guide you, plus creative problem solving and you get something much larger than you could ever hope for, something 10,466 streets large.

Learn much more by checking out this short essay by Mapping Main Street’s Kara Oehler she wrote for the Association for Independence in Radio (AIR).

You can learn even more about the public radio system and other exciting creative media projects in this article from Current-the newspaper about public TV and radio in the US.

A Pakistani Woman’s Understanding of her Native Home is Transformed Through Mapping Main Street

Matthew Long-Middleton — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:00:01 +0000

Huma Yusuf shares how her understanding of political discourse changed through her travels in America and the discovery of Mapping Main Street. Yusuf discovers the stark differences between “Main Street USA” and the Main Street of her native Pakistan. Mapping Main Street becomes the doorway that provides thoughtful observations on identity politics.