Author: Ben Mook
Study will examine future of classical music in pubmedia
Led by the Station Resource Group, the project aims to help stations grow audience and navigate their digital futures.Phoenix’s KJZZ to open news bureau in Mexico City
The station will use the bureau to expand its coverage of business and trade.Change to CPB rules asks stations to share more about executive salaries
A change to CPB’s Community Service Grant provisions aims at having all eligible stations post salary information for top executives on their ...The numbers: What top executives are making
Check out salaries for executives at stations in the top 25 broadcast markets and at national organizations.Survey finds women in pubmedia management underpaid and under-represented
Women hold fewer top jobs and receive about 83 percent of what their male counterparts are paid.WMHT teams with local newspaper to tell story of heroin’s impact
A multimedia project explores the epidemic afflicting the station’s New York region.CPB, TPT receive Ready To Learn grants as budget fight looms
The Department of Education awarded $25.5 million in grants in the latest round of RTL funding.Engaging audience around digital distraction lands fellowship for young WNYC producer
Ariana Tobin used “Bored and Brilliant” to draw out listeners’ feelings about being overwhelmed by information.House and Senate spending bills propose level support for CPB, but no interconnect funds
The bills include level funding of $445 million for CPB.CPB analysis shows bright spots for public television
The analysis found public TV stations rebounding from five-year declines, as well as slowing growth for public radio.Pennsylvania pubTV could see funding restored six years after being zeroed out
For the first time since state funding was cut in 2009, Pennsylvania's eight public television stations could see funding restored as Gov. ...NPR’s Mohn points to early success with Spark initiative
NPR CEO Jarl Mohn said his "spark initiative" to boost Morning Edition's audience through repeated promotional messaging is already starting to show ...Q&A: Mohn leads NPR into ‘golden age of spoken word’
An in-depth talk with NPR's president about program strategy, his Spark initiative, NPR's digital future and more.Radiotopia’s Kickstarter funds will support internships, health care and more podcasts
Public Radio Exchange’s podcast network Radiotopia has raised $620,000 from 21,808 donors on Kickstarter, setting a record among publishing, radio and podcasting ...Remembering Tom Magliozzi’s ‘bright light’
Tom Magliozzi, co-host of public radio’s wildly popular Car Talk, died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease Nov. 3. He was 77. Magliozzi was born ...
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