A guy who knows his fundraisers wants you to support Current
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TJ Lubinsky, creator of some of public TV’s most successful pledge-drive shows, tells you why Current is “invaluable” to public media.
KQED staffers grapple with grief as they cover Oakland warehouse fire
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Losses in the Ghost Ship fire hit close to home for some in the Bay Area’s public media community.
Quick Takes
Seven stations join first round of PRX podcast bootcamp
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Five of the shows are already in production.
NPR
NPR’s Story Lab will assist with development of 10 audio projects
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The network’s second Story Lab Workshop gives participants the opportunity to receive training and mentoring.
System/Policy
Community radio’s role is to train journalists, not police contributors’ personal lives
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WORT’s reporters follow a code of ethics but are free to support causes they care about.
Programs/Content
What WHYY learned from launching a podcast for kids
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“Make sure you have resources to devote to marketing. There is no such thing as a great podcast with no listeners.”
Quick Takes
Knight Foundation to match gifts to nonprofit news and public media outlets
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“There’s no better way to battle misinformation and false information than with really good reporting.”
People
Siefken takes lead at Rogers Co., ‘1A’ forms crew, and other comings and goings
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Siefken is VP of broadcast and digital media at The Fred Rogers Co.
Tech
NPR gets failing grade for website security in survey of HTTPS encryption
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The network says it is working to make improvements.
Programs/Content
Rocky Mountain PBS pairs student film with discussion about suicide
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The 17-year-old’s short documentary will lead into a conversation about preventing suicide.
Programs/Content
WNET will end production of ‘Religion & Ethics’
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The show premiered in September 1997.
Programs/Content
How NPR One data points to new ways of thinking about local content
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The app’s acting managing director breaks down what NPR is learning about the performance of newscasts, podcasts and feature stories.
Awards
DuPont-Columbia awards recognize outstanding journalism, and other awards in public media
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Public TV’s “Frontline” received a duPont for its reporting on Syria and Iraq, including the program “Children of Syria.”
Programs/Content
With Made Here initiative, Vermont PBS homes in on ‘locally sourced’ programming
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The initiative aims to put more Vermont in Vermont PBS.
Programs/Content
Spanish-language multicaster Vme will soon drop public TV service
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The channel is transitioning to commercial cable.
System/Policy
To set expectations for upholding ethics, build a ‘culture of discussion’
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Oregon Public Broadcasting’s ethics code asks all employees to discuss plans for off-the-clock political activities with their supervisors.
System/Policy
Las Vegas university opts to keep control of radio station
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The university has been “re-envisioning” the station to make it more self-sustaining and to increase student involvement.
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
Battered by political agendas, ‘The Wisconsin Idea’ lives on in public broadcasting
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A century-old progressive philosophy in the state has withstood decades of attacks from state leaders.
Quick Takes
Enthusiastic Torah broadcaster interferes with New York Public Radio signal in Brooklyn
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NYPR has filed three complaints with the FCC.