Updates

PARTICIPATE: National Day of Listening

November 8th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Best of Engage WI, Engage WI, Participate, Updates

Celebrate by recording and preserving interviews with the people you care about. You can easily preserve your interviews using equipment available in most homes, such as iPhones, computers, tape recorders, or even paper and pen. WPT and EngageWisconsin encourage your to participate in the National Day of Listening, November 26th, 2010, and sharing your experiences (and possibly an excerpt of your interview/recording) with us.

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Big Top Wisconsin: A Circus Digital Storytelling Project

November 1st, 2010  |  by  |  published in Best of Engage WI, Big Top Wisconsin, Engage WI, Updates, Your Stories

Throughout the airing of Circus, starting on November 3rd, stories from Big Top Wisconsin will be posted several times a week. During this time, we encourage all Wisconsin residents to share their own personal circus stories. Wisconsin played an undeniable role in the development of the American circus – help us create a digital scrapbook of Wisconsin’s unique circus history.

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Wisconsin Foodie

October 7th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Best of Engage WI, Engage WI, Sustainable Wisconsin, Updates

TONIGHT:Wisconsin Foodie premieres tonight at 7 pm on your local Wisconsin Public Television station! In support of such an exciting home-grown program, return to WPT’s Engage Wisconsin website to follow our bloggers Susan Gloss and Neil Franzen, exploring green living in urban and rural Wisconsin. We would love to hear your opinions and gain your [...]

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Tenth Inning

September 28th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Engage WI, Updates, Your Stories

Ken Burns’s TENTH INNING PBS tonight 9/28 8/7C. EngageWisconsin would like you to share. What is your best or youngest memory of baseball? Email your stories to baseball@engagewisconsin.org – subject line: Tenth Inning. If you have old photos, you could (scan and) send those along too! Help us collect baseball memories from as many Wisconsin [...]

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EngageWisconsin Bloggers

September 21st, 2010  |  by  |  published in Engage WI, Participate, Updates

Calling all Wisconsin residents: Wisconsin Public Television is putting together a team of EngageWisconsin bloggers to write and document stories about sustainable living, adoption, unemployment, Rock County, and the circus. If you think you’re the perfect person to write about one of these topics, please contact us via email with your topic of choice, why [...]

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EngageWisconsin Summer 2010 Team

August 31st, 2010  |  by  |  published in Engage WI, Participate, Updates

EngageWisconsin Summer 2010 Team

LYNNE BLINKENBERG, Director of Community Engagement Lynne is a member of Wisconsin Public Television’s senior leadership team and is responsible for directing staff activities that engage the community beyond broadcast, including events, screenings, discussions, community forums, and developing web and print materials based on national and local content. She has worked at WPT since 1996. [...]

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Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy

August 31st, 2010  |  by  |  published in Adoption Stories, Engage WI, Updates

TONIGHT: Watch Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy, the first of three POV documentaries on adoption this season. And return later this month to watch, read, and participate in Adoption Stories: Inside Wisconsin Families. [08/31/10]

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EngageWisconsin Fall 2010 Internships (Application Call)

July 30th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Engage WI, Participate, Updates

Application Call: EngageWisconsin Fall 2010 Internships | Multiple positions available for undergrad students and recent graduates during the fall semester (September 13th – December 10th). Don’t miss a great opportunity – APPLY NOW! [07/30/10]

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EngageWisconsin Fall 2010 Team

July 30th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Engage WI, Participate, Updates

LYNNE BLINKENBERG, Director of Community Engagement Lynne is a member of Wisconsin Public Television’s senior leadership team and is responsible for directing staff activities that engage the community beyond broadcast, including events, screenings, discussions, community forums, and developing web and print materials based on national and local content. She has worked at WPT since 1996. [...]

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Call for Janesville Teens

July 28th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Digital Wisconsin, Engage WI, Participate, Updates

Janesville youth, help us tell your family’s story! The Janesville Storytelling Project is looking for teens, ages 12-18, to interview their families as part of the digital storytelling project. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Zahra Haider. [7/28/10]

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Have a story to share?
The success of EngageWisconsin’s media engagement project depends on hearing from viewers and readers like you. What are the most pressing issues facing your Wisconsin community today? How have you seen the impact here at home of issues discussed in WPT programs and films? Share your stories with the EngageWisconsin community by emailing, calling our EngageWI Hotline, or posting to our Facebook page. Your story may be featured in an upcoming post or digital storytelling project. Or watch for weekly hotline questions and call in to share your stories and unique perspectives.