How did we end up here?

Javaun Moradi, NPR@javaun

Public radio’s evolutionary branches

1990’sBasic sites:Rundowns,Audio streams.

2000’sWebsites text expands

2006PRX Exchange

AUDIO

TEXT2007 Websites, blogs, multimedia, LJCs

2008 Public Radio Player

2008NPR API

2009Mobile apps & mobile sites explode

2011Infinite Player

2010Responsive begins

2012Connected cars

2005Podcasting

Public radio’s evolutionary branches

1990’sBasic sites:Rundowns,Audio streams.

2000’sWebsites text expands

2006PRX Exchange

AUDIO

TEXT2007 Websites, blogs, multimedia, LJCs

2008 Public Radio Player

2008NPR API

2009Mobile apps & mobile sites explode

2011Infinite Player

2010Responsive begins

2012Connected cars

2005Podcasting

Escape to mobile. App or site?

(C) XKCD http://xkcd.com/1174/

Responsive is a good place to start

How much text do we need?

What is public radio best at?

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We've never beaten this. Someone will.

Think like software companies

• Bezos: this is a software company. We make money shipping boxes

• Jobs: this is a software company

Software companies make great products

Software isn’t just distribution and packaging

Software *is* the product. (And it sells)

• UX and design experienceo Intuitive, convenient, fasto Rich features

• User identity and historyo Take my preferences with me

• Data scienceo What should we recommend?o When should we ask for money?

How will audio storytelling change?

NPR API Update

Last year’s API ground work

• Content permissions

• Station data & schedules

• Self-service docs

• Moving towards the PMP

• Digital Services >100 stations in the API•

API integration doesn’t have to be hard

• Core Publisher

• > 100 stations

• Fully supported

• Responsive mobile site

• API ingest/retrieval, out of the box

• CDN audio hosting

Self-service tools

This year’s focus

• PMP

• Local station presence & support

• Mobile audio and next gen listening support

PMP core needs

• Fast!

• Scalable to support the whole system

• Permissions & controls

• Neutral: not tied to rigid data scheme or CMS

• Interoperable: some things we all understand

• Flexible: support individual producer data

Taxonomies - how little do we need?

APIs Now

APIs are changing

The PMP Tomorrow?

We need local audio!

• Local newscast without times and traffic

• Local segment audio

(We know this is hard. We’re working on it too.)