Programs/Content
Stations engage local communities in lead-up to ‘Odd Squad: The Movie’
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PBS SoCal, Texas Tech University’s KTTZ and Virginia’s Community Idea stations are holding events related to the premiere.
Tech
WNYC’s latest sensor journalism project zeroes in on ‘heat island’ Harlem
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The station is partnering with community organizations to collect data on how extreme heat is affecting public health.
Programs/Content
With LGBT documentary, Houston station aims for community impact
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A Murder in Montrose: The Paul Broussard Legacy examines the history and future of the city’s LGBT activism.
System/Policy
Format shake-up proves effective for Atlanta’s WCLK
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A move toward more consistent jazz programming drew a backlash but brought in new listeners.
Programs/Content
With American electorate more diverse than ever, PBS election specials explore impact of shift
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The New Deciders and Willie Velasquez: Empowering the People are set to air this fall.
System/Policy
West Virginia Public Broadcasting joins stations airing flood-relief telethon
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After scrambling to provide broadcast and online news coverage of the flood, the network is participating in a telethon benefiting Red Cross relief efforts.
Programs/Content
Documentary series to explore fatherhood in America
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Broadcast of the programs is slated for 2018.
Programs/Content
A look at previous presidents joins PBS lineup of election coverage
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Six American Experience episodes will be rebroadcast in August.
System/Policy
As collaborations expand, newsroom leadership jobs prove difficult to fill
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“The system of collaboration we are building requires more editors.”
System/Policy
Reduction in funding for Oklahoma network ‘cuts right through the bone’
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Public media in the state is taking a blow from a dire funding crisis.
Programs/Content
World Channel revisits iconic documentary series with new pledge special
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The 30-minute show, which discusses how racial relations of today are reflected in the civil rights movement, is part of a package that includes rebroadcast rights for Eyes on the Prize I and II.
Programs/Content
NEPR introduces media training program for local youth
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After moving its headquarters to downtown Springfield, Mass., the public radio network launched its initiative to bring stories of the city’s diverse communities to its air.
System/Policy
University weighs options for WNKU after plan for self-sufficiency falls short
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The potential sale is part of a plan to reduce the school’s budget by $8 million next fiscal year.
Programs/Content
New ‘Marketplace’ podcast looks at legacy of welfare reform
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The show’s Wealth & Poverty Desk dives deep into a controversial topic.
Quick Takes
Florida’s WGCU receives ‘transformative’ $3 million gift
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The donation will support arts programming on the joint licensee’s TV station.
Awards
‘Frontline’ takes OPC honors, and more awards in public media
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Two of the series’ documentaries on the Islamic State group won in the Overseas Press Club awards broadcast division.