Quick Takes
NPR, WXPN partnership will provide music coverage from Nashville
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The partnership looks to explore the “depth and diversity” of Music City and the South.
Quick Takes
Nearly 500 theaters to present ‘Newtown’ film and discussion
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Newtown Live: A National Conversation will be moderated by CNN anchor Chris Cuomo.
People
Public radio provides “lifeline,” direction for renowned lawyer Dickie Scruggs
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Listening to public radio while doing time connected Dickie Scruggs to the outside world and his former life.
Quick Takes
Latest Radiotopia fundraiser promotes brand over shows
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Public Radio Exchange is trying to build the network’s brand to benefit all shows regardless of audience size.
Obituaries
NPR music librarian Robert Goldstein dies at 66
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Colleagues remember “the unassuming, behind-the-scenes guy who got things done.”
Programs/Content
Transmedia journalism expands storytelling for deeper impact
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The emerging production model plays to public media’s strengths: robust distribution on broadcast and online platforms, high-quality content and talented professionals who can adapt to new opportunities.
System/Policy
Humanities scholars bring new perspectives to nonprofit media
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The deadline for host organizations to apply this year is Oct. 18.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #79: The life and music of Don Voegeli, ‘All Things Considered’ theme composer
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Why hasn’t anyone heard of the author of one of the most famous and enduring pieces of theme music ever written?
Featured in Category
Tennessee radio station WMOT brings hometown sound to Nashville
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The station has partnered with a local production company to introduce an Americana format.
Quick Takes
APTS signs Homeland Security agreement to provide datacasting
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Datacasting enables secure transmission of voice, text, files, images and video over broadcast television signals to first responders.
Quick Takes
PRSS equips stations with metadata technology for emergency messaging
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CPB is giving PRSS $66,000 for the project.
System/Policy
To prosper amid coming disruptions, public television needs a post-auction agenda
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To prepare for the restructuring of broadcast television, public TV leaders must develop a coherent strategy for investing in innovation and public service.
People
PRI’s Skoler to lead Louisville station, Marfa Public Radio taps new GM and other comings and goings in public media
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Skoler founded the Public Insight Network now used by more than 60 newsrooms.
System/Policy
After delays, WFMU’s Audience Engine aims for early 2017 rollout
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The project’s ambitious scale has prolonged development.
System/Policy
What KERA in Dallas learned from covering a tragedy
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Plan ahead, include the whole staff, and other tips for being ready when major news breaks.
Programs/Content
NPR diversity VP steps in as interim Code Switch editor
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Code Switch’s previous leader started Monday as local/regional news director for WAMU in Washington, D.C.
Programs/Content
Independent Senate candidate sues Louisiana station over debate
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Troy Hebert wants to block the debate from airing Oct. 18 as scheduled.
People
A journalist’s story of hitting bottom and addressing drug addiction
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KQED’s John Sepulvado: “You can be part of this culture, you can be who you are and not drink.”
Obituaries
Longtime WNYC music host Oscar Brand dies at 96
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Brand hosted the station’s “Folklife Festival” for more than 70 years, earning him a Guinness world record.
Diversity
Nonprofit news outlets mirror overall media in diversity, according to ASNE survey
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The survey found that minority employment is at 23 percent for online-only sites, slightly higher than the 17 percent reported for daily newspapers.