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Programs/Content

How tracking source diversity is changing coverage at NPR and MPR

By Abigail Pritchard, Editorial Intern | August 12, 2022

“I think that the only way we do better is if we have accountability,” said Pallavi Gogoi, head of NPR’s business desk.

OPB union members picket as contract negotiations stretch into fourth month

By Liz Reid, Freelance Contributor | August 11, 2022

The members say that raises and a stipend given to nonunion employees are among the issues at stake.

People on the Move

  • Comings and goings: APMG hires SVP/CFO, Southern California Public Radio appoints VP of LAist Studios …

    Barry Gisser joins APMG from the Science Museum of Minnesota.

  • Comings and goings: EP hired for ‘Death, Sex & Money,’ WDET PD departs for audio GM job at WHYY …

    Liliana Maria Percy Ruiz most recently worked as head of production for Gimlet Media.

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System/Policy

Former Va. lieutenant governor sues New York Public Radio for defamation

By Mike Janssen, Digital Editor | August 11, 2022

A NYPR spokesperson told Current that Justin Fairfax’s complaint “is completely without merit.”

Programs/Content

‘Intelligence Squared Debates’ expands to deliver weekly episodes

By Tyler Falk, Reporter | August 10, 2022

A decision to rethink the format gave producers flexibility to create episodes on hotly debated, timely topics.

Programs/Content

How book clubs help stations build new audiences and community connections

By Abigail Pritchard, Editorial Intern | August 5, 2022

“We’re introducing people to our content who wouldn’t have experienced it any other way,” says Laura Durham of PBS Utah.

Programs/Content

In wake of Dobbs decision, newsrooms expand coverage of reproductive health

By Liz Reid, Freelance Contributor | August 5, 2022

Two journalism collaboratives, the Gulf States Newsroom and Ohio Valley ReSource, are adding beat reporters who will follow the long-term fallout from the reversal of Roe v. Wade.

Programs/Content

With ‘Great American Recipe,’ PBS showcases culinary traditions that bring people together

By Gregory Wakeman, Freelance Contributor | August 4, 2022

“It’s not about winning or being competitive, it’s really just connecting through food and our culture,” says Emily Wilderman of WNIN in Evansville, Ind.

System/Policy

Kentucky stations struggle to report on — and recover from — historic flooding

By Scott Fybush, Freelance Contributor | August 3, 2022

The floods submerged the studio of community radio station WMMT and damaged its decades of media archives.

System/Policy

CPB data shows decline in pubmedia workforce, small increases in staff diversity

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | August 3, 2022

Representation of Hispanics and African Americans grew in leadership ranks, while the percentage of such roles held by Asians and Pacific Islanders fell.

System/Policy

With boot camp, Public Media Women in Leadership seeks to prepare participants for rising careers in system

By Leigh Giangreco, Freelance Contributor | August 2, 2022

Open to women, nonbinary professionals and men of color, the seven-month program also aims to reshape leadership ranks in pubmedia.

People

Comings and goings: Raney Aronson-Rath named editor-in-chief of ‘Frontline,’ David Greene appointed host for KCRW’s ‘Left, Right & Center’ …

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | July 29, 2022

Aronson-Rath’s expanded title reflects the many editorial partnerships she’s led for “Frontline.”

Obituaries

Larry Josephson, pioneering producer and freeform host, dies at 83

By Jon Kalish, Freelance Contributor | July 29, 2022

“He was the original politically incorrect guy on the radio, and that’s why I loved him,” said former WBAI producer Caryl Ratner during a tribute to Josephson that aired Thursday.

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