Creators for Democracy

Creators for Democracy is a free two-day civic festival spotlighting DC-based creators expanding possibilities through storytelling, civic imagination, and joy.

Washington, DC

Adjacent Fields, Build something, Build your own, Civic hackathons, Civic imagination, Civic literacy, Creators and Influencers, Foundational layers, Learn about civic tech, Media, Public media, Social media, The People, The Tech

Public Spaces Incubator

An international partnership between six public service media organizations and New_ Public to develop prototypes for digital conversation spaces that offer a healthy forum for connection and increase engagement in civic discourse.

Austin, TX

Ethical tech and responsible tech, Online forums, Public media

Protect My Public Media

NPR and PBS have teamed up to fight US Congress's elimination of $1.1 billion in already-approved funding for public media

USA

2025

Advocacy tech, Public media, Specific campaigns, User lobbying

Project 2025

WGBH

Boston's NPR affiliate

Public media

Public Media Stack

Working with experts in public media and technology from around the globe, we’ve researched over 100 software products throughout the public media workflow: from collaboration and editing, through distribution and measurement, to archiving and storage.

Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

2020

Civic tech catalogs, Journalism, Media, Public media

National Public Radio (NPR)

Washington, DC

Public media, Radio