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As public media heads into its next 50 years, shifting strategies to focus on content “will require a hard turn and painful decisions that affect finances, people and structures.”
The station will hire an on-demand producer, develop podcasts, create content to serve “diverse audiences” and “uncover unique, untold stories.”
Trainers Judith Smelser and Mike Marcotte discuss the new skills required when a reporter moves into a leadership position.
Bloom adapted magazine publishers’ practices of list-buying and direct-mail testing to public broadcasting membership programs.
CPB had given $30,000 to help the station recover from hurricane damage.
The interactive game feature should roll out later this year, according to PBS.
Witherspoon was the first director of television at CPB.
Trainers Judith Smelser and Michael Marcotte offer tips on everything from time management to planning for crisis coverage, all while dealing with challenging personality types in the newsroom.
“Public media is especially crucial now, both to seek objective truth and to envision a sustainable model for the future of local journalism.”
The president of Las Vegas Public Radio is asking for punitive damages of $1.7 million as well as other monetary damages.
Established in 2000, Rocky Mountain Public Media’s archive grew from the volunteered work of more than 200 community members.
The upcoming “Next Doo Wop Star” aims to appeal to younger public TV viewers while bringing along older fans of Lubinsky’s nostalgic programs.
Although storytelling is popular on radio and podcasts, public TV is just starting to explore the genre.
ASNE released the annual survey during its News Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C.
Public broadcasters are sending equipment and engineers to the hurricane-ravaged island this week, while nonprofits and foundations are organizing to combat government corruption amid the disaster.
Simon Radecki asked Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) if his daughter had been kidnapped.
David Sweeney leads NPR newsgathering with the new title of chief news editor.
The pilot hubs could be in place as early as this year.
The Empire State Realty Trust sued Pacifica and WBAI over unpaid transmitter rent.
WLRN GM John LaBonia said repaying the funds “would be catastrophic” to the station and “would likely result in significant cutbacks.”