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When I moved to NC five years ago, I asked the local public radio station to make a welcome kit for new residents like myself. They did: https://www.wunc.org/post/new-town-five-stories-welcome-you-tar-heel-state
Thanks @wunc! Still feeling welcome here. :)
Thanks @wunc! Still feeling welcome here. :)
Five years later, I'm wondering how public radio stations could strengthen this "welcome kit." New people moving to an area don't have local media habits. What would your welcome kit look like? (pssst: Partner with the public library, too!)
- Here's how to register to vote
- Here's what you need to know about your congressional district (related stories)
- Here's how to get a library card
- Here's a fun story about our area
- Here's how to become a member
- Here's what you need to know about your congressional district (related stories)
- Here's how to get a library card
- Here's a fun story about our area
- Here's how to become a member
- Here's some podcasts that you might like
- Here's some history about our area, from our radio station
- Here's who covers our beats
- Here's a sticker
- Here's some history about our area, from our radio station
- Here's who covers our beats
- Here's a sticker
- Here's some info about food
- Here's some local social media that you might like
- Here's some local social media that you might like
- Here's how to follow local government
- Here's where you can learn more about us
- Here's where you can learn more about us
- Here's our latest pieces on your local elected officials
- Here's our radio dial number, in case you have a car
- Here's a cool event coming up where you can meet people who also like public radio (post-COVID)
- Here's our radio dial number, in case you have a car
- Here's a cool event coming up where you can meet people who also like public radio (post-COVID)
If you're like, omg i would like a deep dive on this, I wrote my @niemanfdn fellowship paper on this kind of different way of thinking about membership in the public media ecosystem: https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/07/putting-the-public-into-public-media-membership/
Tag your local station!
Actually it would be awesome if @nprstations / NPR digital developed a template. Doesn’t have to look like the existing ones. Just a landing page for new residents in each place.
