Author: Mike Janssen
Independent Lens films take home honors, Midwest pubcasters receive Emmys, and more awards in public media
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION Independent Lens took home four wins from the 30th annual IDA Documentary Awards. The public TV documentary series won the award for ...Wednesday roundup: Independent Lens announces next season; Carvin launches Reported.ly
Plus: Collaborations in pubmedia, and a poet's Pacifica show.Thursday roundup: Expansions for NJTV, PBS SoCal; Melody Kramer on Serial
Plus: Bill Keller keeps cool.Wednesday roundup: Lessons from Radiotopia’s Kickstarter; Scharpling readies his podcast
Plus: A producer needs her mic back, and Splendid Table gets pranked.Tyler Falk joins Current as assistant editor
Current’s reporting roster has grown with the addition of Tyler Falk. As a freelance journalist, Tyler has written about topics including food, energy and business innovation. He’ll now turn ...Preprandial roundup: CPR splits with symphony; PRI.org chief eyes bigger audience
Plus: Kinsey Wilson's move to the Times, plans at Voice of San Diego, and where to hear "Alice's Restaurant."Public TV stations face challenging wait for arrival of ATSC 3.0 standard
Broadcast TV in the U.S. will undergo two big changes in the next few years, and a clash in the timeline for ...Monday roundup: WNYC’s plans for health coverage; Mike Nichols’s pronunciation test
Plus: The debated relevance of Audience 98 in 2014, and a petition to deny Serial a day off.Friday roundup: Indies chime in on minority consortia; web audience drops for pubradio stations
Plus: Bill Siemering discusses his start in radio; should public radio stations pursue local news?Friday roundup: MPT plans huge veterans’ event; Kartemquin co-founder dies
Plus: Dead mechanics write no columns, and Montana drops PRI.Study of engaging digital stories helps stations’ newsrooms set priorities
A new vocabulary is emerging in public radio newsrooms to help journalists communicate and make decisions about online coverage that attracts and builds ...“Evolution and revolution” coming as ATSC readies new broadcast standard
Five years after pubcasters switched off the last of their analog TV transmitters and advanced into an all-digital world, planning is underway ...Auction delay allows time to think hard about selling spectrum
Selling or keeping spectrum is perhaps the most consequential decision that the current generation of public television station executives and their boards ...PBS to test whether core series can bring in pledge dollars
PBS has set the lineup for an upcoming fundraising test that will use a full week’s schedule of first-run National Program Service ...Fundraising groups focused on public TV shows expand to bring stations under tent
Four specialized charities cultivating big donations to benefit some of PBS’s most popular programs are gaining traction in the crowded and competitive ...
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