PRI, PRX merge to form new organization
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PRX’s Kerri Hoffman will run the new organization, while PRI’s Alisa Miller will move into a board leadership role.
APT contest will award production funds for new pledge shows
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APT hopes to present the winners of the APT PitchFest to client stations in fall 2019 or spring 2020.
Programs/Content
Nonprofit news organizations join campaign for press freedom
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Few public broadcasters have joined the coordinated effort to refute President Trump’s attacks on the press.
Programs/Content
Public radio’s efforts to track source diversity seen as path to addressing ‘deep problem’
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KUT in Austin, Texas, along with Philadelphia’s WHYY, Seattle’s KUOW and San Francisco’s KQED, are all engaged in efforts to gather and analyze data on their sourcing in news reports or show segments.
Programs/Content
Applications open for scholarship honoring filmmaker Jacquie Jones
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Grants will pay tribute to the Peabody Award–winner who died in January at age 52.
System/Policy
FCC’s proposed update to EBS rules prompts comments from public media
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Some 50 public broadcasters hold licenses to use spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band for educational services and other purposes.
System/Policy
Judge rules against Rhode Island PBS in dispute with engineers’ union
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The ruling found RIPBS had violated labor law by refusing to recognize IBEW’s representation.
Programs/Content
NPR catches longtime freelancer recycling audio in newscast spots
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Danielle Karson has reported for NPR since the 1980s.
People
Schardt leaves AIR, WNET selects ‘Amanpour’ team and other comings and goings
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Luis Perez, vice chair of the AIR Board, will oversee operations until a successor is hired.
Programs/Content
UGA project will preserve decades of local pubmedia programs entered in Peabody Awards
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Archivists are partnering with the American Archive of Public Broadcasting for a two-year project preserving 4,000 submissions.
Programs/Content
Letter to the editor: Reading services provide a lifeline to public radio’s most vulnerable listeners
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Station managers are making faulty presumptions about technology adoption among seniors who are blind or visually impaired.
History of public media
Our timeline chronicles the premieres, scandals and scuffles that made public media what it is today
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From Guglielmo Marconi to Jarl Mohn, dive into our multimedia roundup of public media’s milestones and lesser-known escapades.