Author: Andrew Lapin
With Sparticl, TPT hopes to make STEM learning fun
Twin Cities Public Television launched Sparticl, a new STEM-focused sharing website geared toward middle-school students, Oct. 1 with support from a major ...On The Longest Shortest Time, Hillary Frank finds solace in stories of other parents
Pubradio producer Hillary Frank channeled her experiences during a difficult pregnancy into parenting podcast The Longest Shortest Time, which recently completed a successful Kickstarter ...PBS, stations lukewarm to CPTV’s ‘pay to play’ mobile app
Local public TV stations and PBS have opted, for now, to sit out of Connecticut Public Television’s new digital venture offering paid ...This American Life, Radiolab, Radio Rookies among Third Coast winners
Programs produced by Chicago’s WBEZ, New York’s WNYC and Miami’s WLRN won awards from the Third Coast International Audio Festival, handed out ...Nonprofits, CPB initiatives pick up Online News Association awards
Online-news nonprofits and public broadcasters took home multiple awards from the annual Online News Association conference, held Oct. 17–19 in Atlanta.After lawsuit from Colorado Public Radio, TPT drops Open Air name
Following legal pressure from another public media outlet, Twin Cities Public Television is rebranding its younger-viewer outreach initiative five months after its ...Creative arts well-represented in Matter’s second startup class
The San Francisco–based startup accelerator, funded by KQED and the Knight Foundation and owned in part by Public Radio Exchange, has announced ...St. Louis pubmedia merger moves ahead
St. Louis Public Radio and the St. Louis Beacon, a nonprofit news site, have negotiated a merger agreement that will be taken ...Chicago Public Media employees petition to unionize
A majority of staff members at Chicago Public Media signed a petition requesting union representation and presented it to CPM interim C.E.O. ...WBUR, Slate partner on personal-health podcast
Boston’s WBUR has joined Slate in producing a six-episode personal-health podcast, The Checkup.New PRI.org highlights network’s focus on global news
Public Radio International has revamped its website to absorb the web presence of PRI’s The World, reflecting the network’s aim to develop a higher ...Radio Ambulante partners with PRI to produce English-language content
Radio Ambulante, the Spanish-language storytelling podcast and radio program, is the first show to be backed by Public Radio International’s New Voices ...Internet creatives John and Sarah Green bring art-focused show to PBS Digital Studios
PBS Digital Studios is partnering with John and Sarah Green, a husband-and-wife creative team with a large YouTube following, for a new ...Jim Henson’s daughter donates Elmo, Bert, Ernie and other Muppets to Smithsonian
Cheryl Henson, daughter of Jim Henson, donated 21 Muppet puppets and props to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History on Sept. ...Investigative unit covering New England moves into WGBH’s local newsroom
Boston’s WGBH is bolstering its investigative reporting capacity through a new partnership with the nonprofit New England Center for Investigative Reporting.
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