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Monthly Archives: December 2016

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A guy who knows his fundraisers wants you to support Current

By TJ Lubinsky | December 29, 2016

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

By April Simpson, Former Associate Editor | December 22, 2016

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

By Tyler Falk, Reporter | December 22, 2016

Five of the shows are already in production.

NPR

NPR’s Story Lab will assist with development of 10 audio projects

By Tyler Falk, Reporter | December 21, 2016

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

By Molly Stentz, News Director (WORT) | December 20, 2016

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

By Kyra McGrath, Executive VP and COO (WHYY) | December 20, 2016

“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

By April Simpson, Former Associate Editor | December 19, 2016

“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

By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | December 19, 2016

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

By Tyler Falk, Reporter | December 16, 2016

The network says it is working to make improvements.

Programs/Content

Rocky Mountain PBS pairs student film with discussion about suicide

By Sara Wise, Editorial Intern | December 15, 2016

The 17-year-old’s short documentary will lead into a conversation about preventing suicide.

Programs/Content

WNET will end production of ‘Religion & Ethics’

By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | December 15, 2016

The show premiered in September 1997.

Programs/Content

How NPR One data points to new ways of thinking about local content

By Tamar Charney, Acting Managing Director, NPR One (NPR) | December 15, 2016

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

By April Simpson, Former Associate Editor | December 15, 2016

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

By Sara Wise, Editorial Intern | December 15, 2016

The initiative aims to put more Vermont in Vermont PBS.

Programs/Content

Spanish-language multicaster Vme will soon drop public TV service

By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | December 14, 2016

The channel is transitioning to commercial cable.

System/Policy

To set expectations for upholding ethics, build a ‘culture of discussion’

By Morgan Holm, Chief Content Officer (Oregon Public Broadcasting) | December 14, 2016

Oregon Public Broadcasting’s ethics code asks all employees to discuss plans for off-the-clock political activities with their supervisors.

Quick Takes

Tom Hanks to guest host ‘Wait Wait’

By Tyler Falk, Reporter | December 14, 2016

Regular host Peter Sagal will be on vacation.

System/Policy

Las Vegas university opts to keep control of radio station

By Tyler Falk, Reporter | December 14, 2016

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

By Jack Mitchell | December 14, 2016

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

By Dru Sefton, Senior Editor | December 13, 2016

NYPR has filed three complaints with the FCC.

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