People
Sutton to lead audience and development division for Pittsburgh stations
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The job change is part of a management restructuring that elevates Mike Sauter to GM of WYEP.
Local That Works
We announce the four finalists in our 2019 Local That Works contest
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For the first time, a nonprofit news organization and a statewide public TV collaboration advance to the winner’s round.
About Current
Current’s executive director is recovering after serious accident
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Our Executive Director Julie Drizin was hit by an SUV Aug. 11 and is in a rehab center.
Programs/Content
Comings and goings: Chuck Murphy joins Colorado Public Radio as investigative editor, Florangela Davila lands news director job at KNKX …
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Murphy will build the newsroom’s first investigative reporting unit.
People
PBS’ Marie Nelson takes SVP position with ABC News
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After nearly five years as PBS’ VP of news and public affairs, Nelson will work on strategies to attract multicultural audiences to ABC News.
Programs/Content
Curiosity Correspondent Emily Graslie will take PBS viewers on a ‘Prehistoric Road Trip’ next summer
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The program lineup for 2020 also features an “American Masters” film about Rita Moreno.
Programs/Content
Stations seek ways to lift listeners out of ‘news fatigue’
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At the Public Media Development and Marketing Conference, representatives of stations experiencing a “Trump slump” shared ideas for engaging audience members who feel overwhelmed by news.
People
Kevin Harris to exit WETA’s executive staff
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Harris, who has been VP and TV station manager, is returning to a consulting role.
Programs/Content
PBS program chief shares strategies for ‘building bridge’ to younger, more diverse audiences
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“This is one of the biggest challenges I’m facing with my colleagues at PBS,” Perry Simon told TechCon attendees, “but we’re committed to it.”
Tech
PBS unveils streaming-video apps for Samsung TVs
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Funds from the electronics company backed development of apps customized for its Tizen platform.
About Current
Introducing a new way to ‘keep Current’
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Beginning with our May 7 print edition, subscribers can read digital versions of our newspaper coverage.
Tech
Planners of universal sign-in for pubmedia platforms see benefits in understanding audience
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A working group convened by CPB has endorsed a systemwide approach to user management, with the goal of enabling products and services to build loyalty and boost financial support.
System/Policy
Public TV begins counting ‘invisible audiences’ for education content
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Stations reach millions of people through off-air services such as parenting workshops but lack a common approach for measuring their reach and impact.
Awards
PBS honors station leaders, PRNDI names Editor of the Year, and more awards in public media
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Allen Weatherly, former executive director of Arkansas Educational Television Network, was honored posthumously with the Daniel K. Miller PBS Station Leadership Award.
System/Policy
How key committee members in Congress have voted on pubmedia funding
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Past votes may indicate how legislators weighing in on CPB’s appropriation will address the White House’s proposed end to federal funding.
Awards
With seven wins for ‘Frontline,’ PBS tops TV networks in News & Documentary Emmys
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“My Brother’s Bomber” and “ISIS in Afghanistan” both received two statuettes.
Awards
With Smith’s latest Emmy for ‘Downton,’ hit series leads PBS’s prime-time standouts
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Another “Masterpiece” break-out, “Sherlock: The Abominable Bride,” won for best television movie.
System/Policy
Researchers share insights on connecting with millennials on their terms
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The president of the Public Radio Program Directors Association challenged those who say public radio doesn’t have to cater to the 76.6 million Americans between the ages of 16 to 34.
System/Policy
NPR distribution wing prepares request for interconnection upgrade
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Plans to make the satellite-based network more efficient are expected to top $50 million.
Programs/Content
‘Frontline’ virtual-reality doc takes viewers into heart of Ebola outbreak
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The film grew out of Executive Producer Raney Aronson-Rath’s fellowship with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.