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Amid canceled graduations, pubmedia provides alternatives for seniors lacking ceremonies
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PBS Student Reporting Labs and Ohio’s WOUB have found ways to commemorate the rite of passage, even as students are forced to remain at home.
System/Policy
Battling lack of resources, Native stations provide lifeline with COVID coverage
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For some listeners, stations in tribal areas may be the only source for local news about the pandemic.
Programs/Content
With virtual proms, public radio stations give teens another shot at their big night
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As schools cancel high-school proms due to COVID-19 concerns, two public radio stations held online events to meet the need.
System/Policy
Climate advocacy group targets Duke Energy underwriting on WUNC
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NC WARN complained to the FCC about “misleading” sponsorship messages highlighting the utility provider’s commitments to clean energy.
Programs/Content
Exclusive Stanley Nelson film launches revamped World Channel presence on YouTube
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The channel’s new online strategy is aimed at becoming “a gateway to public media for young audiences.”
Programs/Content
Radio stations tap community voices for perspectives on housebound living
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Haiku and student contributions are capturing the pros and cons of social distancing.
Programs/Content
InsideClimate News organizes regional networks to spur reporting on climate change
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Public media newsrooms in the Southeast contributed to a series examining climate-change commitments of state and local governments.
System/Policy
Kansas, New Mexico stations will add content to pubcasting archive
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Grants are supporting a digitization project involving stations in the states and the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
Programs/Content
New studies of source diversity guide stations’ work in covering their communities
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Blue Ridge Public Radio and KUT in Austin, Texas, recently shared results of yearlong surveys.