Public radio program directors and news directors: Would you like to broadcast some extra swine-flu stories? The Public Radio Exchange (PRX), which heads the FluPortal project, is here to help. You can search for pieces by keyword, audition any that intrigue you, and license as many as you’d like with a few clicks of your mouse. (To listen to any PRX piece, just sign up for a free account. To license a piece, you’ll need a membership.)
As a place to start: An “H1N1″ search brings up these pieces. A “swine-flu” search offers these. A “pandemic” search turns up, among other things, a short history of the 1918 “great influenza.”
Here’s one example of a swine-flu story added to PRX this month: KCUR’s health reporter Elana Gordon reported on what it takes to get college students to pay attention to H1N1-prevention messages. She learned that it “requires some creativity… and even a willingness to be… well… a little gross.” You can find her piece here.
