Programs/Content
Producer reveals how disciplined story planning, authenticity made ‘Serial’ shine
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At Third Coast, the producer of the smash-hit podcast candidly described the problems that hindered its second season.
Programs/Content
‘Big Footprint’ journalism coming from CPB-backed collaboration
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Three joint licensees will share $500,000.
System/Policy
Thoughts on reflecting diverse views, and including them
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What’s really involved in the hard work of broadening public media’s range of voices?
Programs/Content
Money, politics become catalysts for audio at Third Coast 2016 audio conference
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As companies like Audible throw more resources into podcasts, radio producers are wrestling with what modern America sounds like.
System/Policy
When GOP last held control, funding for public broadcasting remained steady
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But the first possible hurdle for CPB funding in the new administration could come fairly soon.
Quick Takes
Bay Area Video Coalition honored at White House
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The community media center received a National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award in recognition of its Next Gen youth program.
Programs/Content
WAMU picks host for talk show succeeding ‘Diane Rehm’
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The new national program, “1A,” debuts Jan. 2.
People
Gwen Ifill, trailblazing journalist and public TV icon, remembered for warmth and leadership
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Colleagues and friends also remember Ifill, who died Monday at 61, as a “tough, smart reporter.”
System/Policy
Two Louisiana public radio stations share general manager
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The two stations will maintain independence.
Obituaries
Public television arts champion Glenn DuBose dies at 81
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DuBose produced or directed more than 60 national programs that aired on PBS.
Programs/Content
‘Radio Ambulante’ joins NPR distribution as network’s first Spanish-language podcast
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The show’s reporters will contribute to other NPR programs as well.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #84: A live show about how to do live shows
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“There should be an element of suspense. There should be a thing that’s kind of hanging that we’re hoping either succeeds or fails.”
Quick Takes
Gwen Ifill of ‘NewsHour,’ ‘Washington Week’ dies at 61
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Gwen Ifill died Monday after several months of cancer treatment, according to WETA President Sharon Rockefeller.
Awards
Personal narratives about mothers make strong showing at Third Coast Awards
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The Gold Award went to “Mariya,” a personal narrative by writer Mariya Karimjee from Radiotopia podcast The Heart.
Programs/Content
Shell-shocked by Trump win, public radio’s politics all-stars share thoughts on election coverage
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“How can we do the job of reporting truth without being dismissed as polemicists?” asked moderator Bob Garfield.
People
Celebration for Diane Rehm honors departing host’s warmth, grit and voice
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Speaking in the aftermath of the election, Rehm urged public radio to listen “better and harder to those to whom we have never listened before.”
Obituaries
Utah public media producer Gordon Jones dies at 63
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Jones had been diagnosed with lung cancer in May.
People
PBS Board elects leaders, KPCC’s Aguirre to join Academy and more comings and goings in public media
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Also, public TV executive Dick Pryor takes over as g.m. of KGOU in Norman, Okla., Monday.
People
How Lisa Napoli found herself writing a book about Joan Kroc
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The public radio reporter tells the back story behind her new biography about the McDonald’s heiress and NPR benefactor.
Programs/Content
Framed around broad questions, NPR’s ‘Nation Engaged’ built election coverage with strong local focus
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The editorial collaboration tested new approaches for framing news coverage in ways that attract diverse voices and promote the role of local stations.