People
What attendees took away from the PBS Annual Meeting
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The conference drove home the importance of diversity, education and innovation.
People
PBS Annual Meeting attendees on taking risks
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What’s the biggest risk you took in the past year?
Programs/Content
PRX announces spinoff company for new mobile listening platform
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RadioPublic will introduce apps for iOS and Android later this year.
Featured in Category
Documentaries, town hall expand PBS’s look at guns in America
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PBS continues to defy bullets with words, resuming a conversation that its programmers hope will gradually bring opposing sides of the gun debate closer together.
Programs/Content
MacArthur’s $25M to nonprofit journalism outlets includes NPR, ‘Frontline’
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“This is our enduring commitment to work that is deep, fair and compelling.”
Programs/Content
How public TV is reaching millennials
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We asked attendees at the PBS Annual Meeting in Chicago about their efforts to attract younger audiences.
Tech
Move quickly to prepare for game-changing ATSC 3.0
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ATSC 3.0’s potential for significant impact on the business and delivery of television heralds an opportunity for TV broadcasters.
Obituaries
Longtime producer William Grant dies
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Grant spent 16 years at WNET as executive director of science, natural history and features.
Tech
ATSC 3.0 brings exciting capabilities, time-sensitive challenges
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Unlike all preceding television standards, this one will affect far more than television.
Awards
Newton Minow wins ‘Be More’ Award at PBS Annual Meeting
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PBS called Minow “a critically important figure in the development of public service media.”
Development
Who’s taking your donation when you call in a pledge?
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Our next Currently Curious story will look into the workings of call centers.
Nonprofit news
Mississippi Today startup pursues role of government watchdog
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The news nonprofit has been covering budgeting issues and contentious legislation coming out of the capitol.
Quick Takes
Emails give peek into behind-the-scenes discussions of KPLU sale
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The Seattle Times shared details of how university and station officials sought to manage public reaction.
Programs/Content
New website brings together Finding America content
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The “metasite” looks for connections among the 15 Association of Independents in Radio projects.
Featured in Category
Indiana station to cut ‘This American Life’ in response to Pandora deal
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Host Ira Glass replied to a LinkedIn post about the decision.
About Current
Current to launch digital subscription
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Current has arrived at another turning point in its history.
Programs/Content
WAMU project amplifies a neglected neighborhood’s voices
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The Localore initiative Anacostia Unmapped features local producers telling unfiltered stories.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #64: Five things bad interviewers do, with Celeste Headlee
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Your interviewing skills may need help, and Headlee is here to assist you.
Programs/Content
New ‘Marketplace’ podcast looks at legacy of welfare reform
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The show’s Wealth & Poverty Desk dives deep into a controversial topic.