Year: 2017
Missouri’s KCUR expands public media coverage of Kansas
With reporters from the Topeka-based Kansas News Service, public stations in the region will boost coverage from the state capital and other ...API publishes guidelines for philanthropic funding of news
The ethical framework, which offers best practices for ensuring editorial independence, emerged from two years of work with grant-makers and leaders of ...Hosts familiar to public media filling ‘PBS NewsHour’ co-anchor slots
NPR's Steve Inskeep joins Judy Woodruff on tonight's broadcast.How a podcast pitch became a casting call for NPR announcer
When university instructor Chioke I’Anson began talking, NPR's Izzi Smith was "dumbstruck" by his voice.Rocky Mountain PBS partners with Weather Channel for local news and weather
The video service adopted by RMPBS provides short segments of hyperlocal content.South Dakota station takes ‘next step’ in state reporting with portal and app
Viewers and listeners can access live webcasts, news, meeting minutes and agendas for more than 100 boards and commissions.Indianapolis station expands health reporting
WFYI's newsroom will grow from 11 staff to 15.Rich Conaty, host of WFUV’s ‘Big Broadcast,’ dies at 62
Conaty hosted the show for more than four decades.GOP commissioners signal intent to review reporting requirements for public broadcasters
Under a Republican-controlled FCC, public broadcasters will get a new hearing for their objections to disclosures required of station board members.Maine tower engineer leads rescue for hopelessly tangled moose
Jeffrey Mahaney knew what he had to do. He drove two hours to the far-flung site and snowshoed off-road to the tower.Rhode Island Public Radio to acquire license from UMass Dartmouth
The new signal will nearly double the station's coverage.Grants support 10 Latino projects headed for public media distribution
Projects range from a web series of three-minute videos to several 90-minute documentary films.Longtime public radio professional Vidal Guzmán drowns trying to save son
Colleagues remember Guzmán for his bravery, character and dedication to family.Charney takes lead at NPR One, McNamara leaves PBS and other comings and goings
Tamar Charney joined NPR early last year to focus on the mobile app’s use of station content.With growing emphasis on social media, MPB requires more staff to adhere to ethics code
As a state-owned public broadcasting network, MPB has to ensure that its content is impeccably fair and accurate.
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