System/Policy
Newsrooms must be ‘prodded into action’ on staffing diversity, says Harvard report
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NPR and “PBS NewsHour” were among the few national media outlets to share staff diversity data for the report.
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NPR and “PBS NewsHour” were among the few national media outlets to share staff diversity data for the report.
The nightly newscast had been searching for a co-anchor since Gwen Ifill’s death in November 2016.
As WETA COO for four years, Schneider managed the station’s ownership takeover of “PBS NewsHour.”
The Knight Prototype Fund is backing 20 projects to fight fake news.
A popular, trusted newscast presents a possible goal for U.S. public media.
“Now, more than ever,” federal support is vital, writes a former “NewsHour” executive.
With “Washington Post” reporter Robert Costa on board, WETA continues its search for a “PBS NewsHour” co-host.
Public television’s spring fundraising rolled out in a heated high-stakes environment for clearly communicating a case for support.
Other award winners include independent producer Jenni Monet, Reveal’s Will Evans and WFAE’s Lisa Worf.
Pence “values his experiences with public media,” Woodruff said at the APTS Public Media Summit.
NPR’s Steve Inskeep joins Judy Woodruff on tonight’s broadcast.
The fund will bring younger, diverse journalists into public TV.
Colleagues and friends also remember Ifill, who died Monday at 61, as a “tough, smart reporter.”
Gwen Ifill died Monday after several months of cancer treatment, according to WETA President Sharon Rockefeller.
Seabrook argues that the real American political spectrum isn’t liberal–conservative, but insider–outsider.
Many wanted to see Sen. Cory Booker’s speech in its entirety.
The executives’ displeasure prompted a response from WETA, home to NewsHour.
Terrestrial broadcast audiences for NPR remained flat.
National producers and networks are finding ways to work across media, despite challenges posed by technology.
“Regrettably, none of us at the NewsHour recognized the questions that could arise … “