Currently Curious
Why hasn’t pubmedia held one big pledge drive?
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A public TV programmer sees an opportunity for public media to raise awareness about its uniquely noncommercial mission.
Development
Seattle music station KEXP receives its largest gift ever
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Building relationships with donors through a capital campaign led KEXP to a $10 million bequest.
Quick Takes
Public broadcasters, nonprofit media receive grants to use Hearken and GroundSource
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The Community Listening Engagement Fund awarded $241,000 to subsidize costs of platforms that help newsrooms integrate journalism into their communities.
Obituaries
Public TV pioneer Chalmers “Chuck” Marquis dies at 91
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Longtime friends and colleagues remember Marquis as public television’s man on Capitol Hill.
Quick Takes
Mississippi legislature wants to cut funding to state public broadcaster by 2024
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Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s executive director says the network will seek to reverse the plan.
Development
With new building, Rocky Mountain Public Media aims to become a center for community, pubcasters and news outlets
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The Denver-based statewide radio and TV network has raised 75 percent of its $30 million goal, including $14 million over the last year.
Programs/Content
Peace Corps alumni, drug safety groups press NPR to release Daniel Zwerdling’s investigative report
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The two-part story on the anti-malarial drug mefloquine had been scheduled to air in late November 2017.
Obituaries
Dan Miller, former executive director of Iowa Public Television, dies at 66
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Miller is credited for guiding the nine-station network through the digital television transition to increased viewership.
System/Policy
Fueled by anger, female employees confront NPR Board with questions left unanswered by harassment investigation
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“I don’t want to see confidence in a broken system that allowed dangerous behavior to continue,” said one producer.