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The Association of Independents in Radio has started a series of live chats with producers and other folks in radio. The next one is Tues., Jan. 14 at 8 p.m. ET.
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Media watchdog Norman Solomon gives NPR and Cokie Roberts “P.U.-litzer Prizes” for misreporting in 2002.
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NPR Intern Tells All! Well, some. The Washington Monthly’s Brian Montopoli scrutinizes the fustiness he hears in NPR’s “boomer-friendly” tone.
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Knowing Poe, a new educational website produced by Maryland Public Television, features 10 interactive activities on the life and literature of Edgar Allan Poe. [Requires Flash]
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George Will lists the reasons why “televising juries’ deliberations is a terrible idea” in his Jan. 5 column.
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Frontier House was the best TV show of 2002, writes Aaron Barnhart, TV critic for the Kansas City Star and publisher of TVBarn.com. Frontline’s “Requiem for Frank Lee Smith” and P.O.V.’s “Mai’s America” were also on his top 10 list.
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A producer for Maryland Public TV tests television’s “high threshold for shit” in local arts programming, reports the Baltimore City Paper.
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1stperson.org, a site that includes work by independent public radio producers, has changed its name and address to stories1st.org.
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Community radio pioneer Lorenzo Milam shares memories of partner-in-crime Jeremy Lansman in honor of Lansman’s 60th birthday.
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“No subject is taboo” for Rhona Raskin, a radio talk show host and newspaper columnist who on Jan. 5 launches her own late-night TV show on KCTS in Seattle.