Quick Takes
Freelance producer for KQED dies in Oakland fire
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Alex Ghassan pitched and created content to attract a “younger hipper audience” for the KQED’s arts department.
Obituaries
Longtime NCPR membership director June Peoples dies after being struck by vehicle
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“It’s one of those sad, life-ain’t-fair stories.”
Quick Takes
RadioPublic releases apps for iOS and Android
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The app helps users discover and listen to podcasts.
People
WETA sets up scholarship fund in honor of Gwen Ifill
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The fund will bring younger, diverse journalists into public TV.
Michael Oreskes
NPR’s Oreskes says localism, independence crucial to future of journalism
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Localism and independence are crucial for rebuilding trust and serious connections with the audience, Oreskes argued.
Quick Takes
Bay Area Video Coalition honored at White House
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The community media center received a National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award in recognition of its Next Gen youth program.
People
Gwen Ifill, trailblazing journalist and public TV icon, remembered for warmth and leadership
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Colleagues and friends also remember Ifill, who died Monday at 61, as a “tough, smart reporter.”
Quick Takes
Gwen Ifill of ‘NewsHour,’ ‘Washington Week’ dies at 61
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Gwen Ifill died Monday after several months of cancer treatment, according to WETA President Sharon Rockefeller.
People
Celebration for Diane Rehm honors departing host’s warmth, grit and voice
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Speaking in the aftermath of the election, Rehm urged public radio to listen “better and harder to those to whom we have never listened before.”
Quick Takes
Should newspapers have a CPB equivalent?
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A journalist argues that newspapers should seek to emulate the funding model already supporting public media.
Development
California Arts Council report outlines changes to public media program
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The council will consider the new guidelines in December and begin accepting applications for grants in 2017.
Quick Takes
News nonprofits volunteer to keep Sunlight Foundation tools alive
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ProPublica will adopt the foundation’s federal legislative tools.
Jobs
A soon-to-be college grad wonders where to start in public radio
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Where should an aspiring journalist begin her career?
Programs/Content
‘Frontline’ doc ‘Divided States of America’ explores deepening rifts in political life
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The series will air in two parts Jan. 17 and 18, just days before a new president is inaugurated.
Programs/Content
Phoenix’s KJZZ to launch mobile production unit that doubles as food truck
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Soundbite is expected to hit metropolitan Phoenix in mid-December.
Quick Takes
Public media stations, journalists beef over the best Washington
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The issue arose as D.C. voters prepare to weigh in on whether the city should ask Congress for statehood.
Programs/Content
North Dakota judge dismisses charge against ‘Democracy Now!’ host Amy Goodman
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Goodman went to North Dakota Monday to surrender to authorities.
Quick Takes
Amy Goodman to turn herself in to North Dakota authorities
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Goodman plans to issue a press statement followed by a short walk to the county jail.
System/Policy
Baltimore mayor bans WYPR reporter from press conferences
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The ban extends throughout the mayor’s term, which ends in December.
People
Public radio provides “lifeline,” direction for renowned lawyer Dickie Scruggs
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Listening to public radio while doing time connected Dickie Scruggs to the outside world and his former life.