Author: Andrew Lapin
NPR’s Chow leaves for FiveThirtyEight, Bross for The Atlantic
Two NPR staffers are leaving public broadcasting for prominent positions with other media outlets. Lisa Chow, a reporter for NPR’s Planet Money ...With Top Coast Festival, MPR News mounts its own big-idea conference
Minnesota Public Radio News will look for solutions to the world’s pressing problems at its first Top Coast Festival, a three-day conference ...Knight Foundation, INN partner on $1M innovation fund
The Knight Foundation and the Investigative News Network (INN) are teaming up to award $1 million in microgrants for innovation at public ...Larry Monroe, longtime KUT DJ, dies at 71
Larry Monroe, a longtime DJ with Austin’s KUT-FM, died Jan. 17 from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 71.AIR, PRNDI release freelance pay guidelines for pubradio stations
The Association of Independents in Radio and Public Radio News Directors Inc. have published guidelines to assist freelance reporters in negotiating pay ...Expanded news team strengthens West Virginia Public Broadcasting response to toxic spill
The network's multiplatform coverage of the crisis led to national media appearances for reporter Ashton Marra.Congress passes omnibus spending bill, secures $445M for CPB
A government-wide spending bill containing more than $1 trillion in appropriations, including $445 million for CPB through fiscal year 2016, passed the ...NPR’s Scott Simon to host second pilot of Wonderful Town variety show
NPR is mounting a second pilot performance of Scott Simon’s Wonderful Town, a variety show featuring the Weekend Edition Saturday host. The live taping will take place Jan. 22 at ...MacArthur Foundation grants $2 million to documentary projects
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced today $2 million in new grants to 18 documentary film projects, including some ...“f gwenifill”? Former pubmedia consultant’s Twitter mistake results in bizarre messages
Several news organizations’ Twitter accounts, including some public media accounts, emitted a deluge of cryptic messages reading “f gwenifill” today. The tweets ...Curious City expands beyond Chicago with WYSO Curious
A localized version of Curious City, the Localore-backed participatory journalism initiative that assigns reporters to research questions submitted by listeners, launched at ...George Goodman, host of Adam Smith’s Money World, dies at 83
Under the pseudonym of the 18th-century free market economist, Goodman used his half-hour program to dissect tricky financial topics for viewers.Richard Ager, public affairs reporter/producer, dies at 60
Ager was a public TV reporter and producer for more than two decades, for New Hampshire Public Television and Wyoming PBS.NPRchives project revisits sounds of 1984
NPR is dipping into its vaults for a new social media project that highlights reports from its archives.Downton scores more than 10 million viewers, sets PBS premiere record
The much-anticipated fourth season premiere of Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Classic drew a massive 10.2 million viewers on Sunday, good enough to ...
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