Rough Cuts (radio series)
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Rough Cuts is a blog and podcast published by National Public Radio. The purpose of the project is to invite the public to participate in the development of new radio programs. Traditionally, radio programs would be created behind closed doors, then premiered when they had been considered suitable for public consumption. Rough Cuts takes a different approach, publishing rough drafts of radio segments and soliciting public feedback. The feedback is then used to improve the quality of the show, in the hopes of premiering a better radio program. NPR describes this process as open piloting, its name inspired by the open source and open content movements.
The first radio show in development on Rough Cuts will be hosted by journalist Michel Martin. Rough Cuts will also be used to help develop a new morning radio program targeting a younger audience. [1]
Taking the pilots as a sample of future programs, the show displays a clear bias towards race issues, with most of the topics covered centering on the issues of African Americans.
Rough Cuts is not the first radio project to involve public participation. Other examples include WGBH's Open Source and the BBC's World Have Your Say [1].
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- ^ Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything. Talk of the Nation 16:50. NPR (2007-01-02).
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