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“Our goal is to help people understand and use language better,” said Lisa Schneider, Merriam-Webster’s chief digital officer and publisher. “I think the NEPM role in the community meshes really well with that.”
“What constitutes Middle America, rural America, small-town America?”
Public Media for All Day “left me wondering how people with disabilities remain underrepresented in our leadership, content creation, strategic goals and budgets.”
Nashville Public Radio hopes to expand its news department with income from the new “music discovery” station.
Watson was previously talent development manager for NPR, where she worked for more than 20 years.
Launched in September, “Pause/Play” is the station’s most popular podcast to date.
The network had moved to dismiss a complaint filed in June by a former technician.
“Hannah loved being a reporter. She was a gifted storyteller. She was great at meeting people and talking with them, asking good questions and really listening to the answers.”
MPR plans to hire a community engagement officer and hold diversity trainings for newsroom staff.
If you work in radio, you live by the clock — preferably a big digital one.
Broadcasters will use the funds to support interns and expand coverage of the pandemic, health care, criminal justice and other topics.
Loya was one of the youngest leaders of a public media station.
The last episode of “Here’s the Thing” as a WNYC podcast was released this week.
Increased funding could support remote-learning services amid the pandemic, argued APTS CEO Pat Butler.
By inviting people who appear on air to share their demographic data, WPR created a way to accurately measure the diversity of sources in its news and talk programs.
Kransy has hosted KQED’s “Forum” since 1993.
Current’s latest survey of new programs coming to public TV provides a snapshot of 117 productions in the works for national distribution.
“Ellis Haizlip ensured that the revolution would be televised, and the revolution was ‘Soul!’”
The three-hour documentary will be directed by James Bluemel, who specializes in reporting first-person accounts of international news events.
