Obituaries
‘Exceptional’ public television programmer Nick Frazer dies at 64
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Frazer was the first programmer at KBDI in Denver.
System/Policy
Video from PRPD 2015: How are stations reaching more diverse audiences?
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Attendees at the Public Radio Program Directors conference answer our question of the day.
Quick Takes
American Grad Day kicks off fourth broadcast Saturday
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Last year, 110 public broadcasting stations in 139 markets carried the live event.
Programs/Content
Program directors challenged to think about audience, not formats
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Former NPR programming exec Eric Nuzum, now at Audible, had candid advice for his audience at the PRPD conference.
Programs/Content
‘Frontline’ virtual-reality doc takes viewers into heart of Ebola outbreak
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The film grew out of Executive Producer Raney Aronson-Rath’s fellowship with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Quick Takes
KUSP to go Triple A as board taps Ferraro for turnaround
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Ferraro, formerly g.m. of WYEP in Pittsburgh, was named interim g.m. at the California station.
Awards
‘Frontline,’ ‘POV’ tie for best documentary at news Emmy Awards
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The public broadcaster won 17 statuettes.
Awards
Pubmedia and nonprofit news well represented at 2015 ONA Awards
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NPR, The Texas Tribune and Missouri’s KBIA-FM were among the public media winners at the ceremony in Los Angeles Saturday.
Tech
Five things public media can learn from Yik Yak, the most depressing college-oriented social media app
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If public media wants to serve college students better, it should think more about providing content in the places where college students actually are.