Programs/Content
New MPR-backed site hopes to be ‘one-stop shop for all things immigrant’
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Support from Minnesota Public Radio is enabling a website covering the state’s immigrant communities to expand into a full-time venture for its founder.
System/Policy
Rhode Island PBS sticks with host after blackface photo emerges
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A 1986 photo depicted talk show host Jim Hummel dressed as Tubbs from “Miami Vice” for a Halloween party.
Programs/Content
Colorado Public Radio builds investigative unit to match its growing news ambitions
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With a multiyear gift from an anonymous donor, the Denver network is hiring an editor for its new investigations team.
System/Policy
In Miami, stakeholders weigh future of WLRN’s relationship with school-board licensee
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Station leaders, fundraisers and school district officials are considering whether a separate nonprofit should take over WLRN’s licenses.
Programs/Content
With ‘Reel Midwest,’ Illinois’ WILL is latest public TV station to embrace indie docs
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The new documentary showcase spotlights films with ties to the Midwest, including the BBC-backed “The Gun Shop.”
Local That Works
With AmGrad expansion, PBS Charlotte helps students visualize their dreams
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“I believed that the more we served this community, the more successful we would be,” said PBS Charlotte’s GM.
System/Policy
‘Creative financing,’ local partnerships boost Rocky Mountain Public Media capital campaign
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The campaign is supporting RMPM’s new headquarters, with a planned opening by March 2020.
People
NYPR President Laura Walker to step down in June
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Walker cited “new opportunities” that prompted her to leave, including pursuing a university position and “starting her own venture.”
System/Policy
‘Car Talk’ donation program splits from CARS/V-Dac merger
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An announcement from “Car Talk” EP Doug Berman surprised competitor CARS and left some stations flummoxed.