Michael Slater National Public Radio (NPR) is changing what it means to be a news organization. While traditional news organizations want to keep their content close, NPR has taken the approach of making content widely available via an API -- an approach they call "brand and release." National Public Radio (NPR) is changing what it means to be a news organization. While traditional news organizations want to keep their content close, NPR has taken the approach of making content widely available via an API – an approach they call "brand and release." They've made 250,000 stories, going back 13 years, available through their API. Zack Brand from NPR said that the <a href='http://npr.org/api'>NPR API</a> is getting about 2 million requests per month, and there are 1,300 registrants (you have to register to get access to the API). Content is available in a variety of formats; so far, 51% of requests use XML, 20% RSS, and 23% widgets. (Another notable new organization that has been making some content available via an API is the New York Times, which has an <a href='http://open.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/announcing-the-article-search-api/'>article search API</a>, among others.) Also participating in this session was Robin Sloan from <a href='http://current.tv'>Current.tv</a>. Current made interesting use of Twitter streams as part of its presidential debate coverage. The hash tag they created for people to tag their posts, #current, was the third most popular Twitter tag during the debates, bested only by the tags for the candidates themselves. Current built an application to provide a mash up of various data sources, including Digg, on election day. In true agile fashion, they made multiple software updates even after the show began broadcasting! 2009-04-08T22:41:55-07:00

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