Author: Andrew Lapin
Burns family takes on controversial case, and city of New York, in critically acclaimed documentary
The Central Park Five, written and directed by Ken Burns, his daughter Sarah Burns and her husband, David McMahon, is not one of his ...More details on KCRW’s ‘exclusive’ arrangement with Spotify
When the popular Internet music-streaming service Spotify launches its improved Follow feature in early 2013, KCRW in Los Angeles will be the ...Full speed ahead for Public Media Platform
After two-plus years of planning and prototyping a shared hub providing easy access to digital content from across public media, partners in ...WNJO transmitter back on-air nearly six weeks after Sandy
WNYC's Toms River, N.J.-based transmitter, which had gone dark when Superstorm Sandy devastated the Jersey Shore community Oct. 29, came back on ...NPR looks to get onto gift lists with unique ‘Sale-a-bration’ promotion
NPR fans will get a new chance to get up close and personal for the holidays Dec. 14 and 15, when the ...For-profit start-up accelerator aims to make public media ‘Matter’ to Silicon Valley
The start-up accelerator unveiled a year ago as an experiment in bringing Silicon Valley’s culture of innovation to public media has rebranded ...Student-centered News Outlet to report on fracking
A four-year-old nonprofit news service established by two professors at Youngstown State University is taking on an expanded role in investigative news ...Stations share election coverage on ‘Battleground’
For the first major election since NPR Digital Services introduced digital publishing software designed to bolster stations’ online news operations, developers in ...First Lady presents national arts and humanities award to Youth Radio
Oakland-based Youth Radio paid a visit to the White House Nov. 19, as First Lady Michelle Obama awarded the nonprofit for its ...The Dust Bowl to explore humans’ role in decimating prairie
Ken Burns’ The Dust Bowl has a clear message: What happened before can happen again.WBEZ’s Curious City brings its inquisitive audience into the reporting action
From exploring underground tunnels to tracking the evolution of the Chicago accent, Curious City is an unconventional spin on community-based public media ...Pacifica network broadcasting daylong fundraiser for WBAI
All five radio broadcasters in the nationwide Pacifica network will suspend their regular programming on Nov. 15 from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 ...Sesame Street will re-air hurricane special
Sesame Street will broadcast an edited version of its five-part special on hurricanes on Friday, Nov. 9. Editors cut the original to eliminate segments ...Ira Glass developing new scripted series about transgender man with Sundance Channel
This American Life host and public radio superstar Ira Glass continues his foray into scripted entertainment, as a producer of a new television series ...WFMU’s Jersey City transmitter is back on-air
After sustaining damage to its studio and transmitters from Superstorm Sandy, independent freeform music station WFMU has resumed broadcasts on 91.1 FM ...
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