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Andrew Lapin

Freelance Contributor

andrew@andrewlapin.org

People

Third Coast Festival names new executive director

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | November 19, 2019

Shirley Alfaro’s experience in arts and media administration has included a role with StoryCorps Chicago.

Programs/Content

Film exposes dark repercussions of China’s one-child policy

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | November 12, 2019

The upcoming “Independent Lens” documentary by filmmaker Nanfu Wang presents disturbing accounts of the policy’s impact.

Programs/Content

Blue Ridge PBS draws on archives to program 24-hour streaming service

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | March 27, 2019

Inspiration for the ad-supported channel came from local companies that were looking for digital marketing opportunities.

Collaboration

After years of losses, Maryland stations explore collaboration to cut costs

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | March 21, 2019

The Eastern Shore’s Delmarva Public Radio and WESM-FM seek long-term survival in a competitive market.

Programs/Content

Experiments with 360 video prepare stations for next wave of innovation

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | March 7, 2019

Broadcasters in Nebraska, Texas and Florida are learning how to engage viewers with immersive media productions.

System/Policy

Owner of Miami’s WLRN narrows options for future governance

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | February 28, 2019

One outcome discussed at a meeting Wednesday would maintain the Miami-Dade school district’s ownership of WLRN, while the other looks toward independence.

Programs/Content

OPB drops ‘Finding Your Roots’ episode featuring presidential candidate

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | February 22, 2019

“At the beginning of a presidential candidacy, to be doing a valentine to one candidate, I just don’t think it’s a very smart thing to do,” said Oregon Public Broadcasting CEO Steve Bass.

Programs/Content

New MPR-backed site hopes to be ‘one-stop shop for all things immigrant’

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | February 14, 2019

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

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | February 7, 2019

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

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | January 29, 2019

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

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | January 23, 2019

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

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | January 10, 2019

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

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | January 4, 2019

“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

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | December 20, 2018

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

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | December 19, 2018

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

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | December 10, 2018

An announcement from “Car Talk” EP Doug Berman surprised competitor CARS and left some stations flummoxed.

System/Policy

After CPB support ends, Arkansas journalism collaboration scales back efforts

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | November 30, 2018

Unable to raise enough money to sustain operations, KUAR in Little Rock laid off three Arkansas Public Media staffers.

Programs/Content

TV stations are getting more data, bigger audiences with end of Nielsen’s paper diaries

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | November 29, 2018

A long-promised change in how Nielsen measures TV audiences in some markets brings benefits for public stations.

System/Policy

Upcoming ‘location-based experiences’ will feature PBS brand

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | November 21, 2018

“Extending our brand into the location-based entertainment space offers new possibilities for connecting with our audience through learning and exploration,” said a PBS executive.

System/Policy

One year in, KCRW Berlin preserves a U.S. diplomacy mission via radio

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | October 16, 2018

Backers of U.S. public radio’s sole overseas outpost hope that it can be both a marketing opportunity for KCRW and a unifying force for its city,

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