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.