Author: Mike Janssen
Commentary: With shift in plans, Greater Public hits the brakes on digital
The departure of Jeannie Ericson from Greater Public and the cancellation of the short-lived Digital Day at the Public Media Development and ...In maintaining towers, stations face higher costs, lack of space
If any part of the broadcast plant ever merited the label “necessary evil,” a top nominee would be the tower. Expensive to maintain, ...Science Friday producer settles with government over alleged misuse of NSF funds
A for-profit corporation involved with public radio’s weekly Science Friday show has settled with the U.S. government over alleged misuse of a National Science Foundation ...Tuesday roundup: Reveal comes to public TV; new classical blogger takes the reins
Plus: A new classical station in North Carolina, and Mo Rocca's Village digs.Monday roundup: NPR stages events series, PRPD panelists reflect on conference
Plus: A Frank Zappa concert comes to light, and Nieman Lab looks at podcasting.PRPD, Day Two: NPR, stations prepare for debut of revised newsmag clocks
PORTLAND, Ore. — This week’s Public Radio Programming Conference is giving attendees a chance to prepare for Nov. 17, the day when ...Private equity gobbling up public TV stations: what does the public get?
Public stations in Connecticut and San Mateo may be at the leading edge of a mass sell-off of public media assets in next year’s ...Gates funding spurs doubts over pubmedia’s impartiality in education reporting
Public radio journalists find themselves navigating an ethical gray area as they receive funds for reporting on education from the Bill and ...The time Joan Rivers didn’t become an NPR host
With the death of Joan Rivers, Jay Kernis, former senior v.p. for programming at NPR, shared this remembrance of Rivers on his ...Former iMA director leaves Greater Public amid shift in planned services
Greater Public, the organization providing fundraising resources and support to public media stations, has opted not to renew the contract of Jeannie ...Wednesday roundup: Ferguson prompts concerns for reporters’ safety; podcast exec shares tips
Plus: Bill McKibben gives Sound Opinions some love.Final NPR newsmag clocks will take effect Nov. 17
NPR has released the final versions of the new clocks for its newsmagazines and set a date of Nov. 17 for their ...NAB challenges parts of FCC’s plan for spectrum auction
The National Association of Broadcasters filed a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Monday ...How stations can stay relevant as listeners go elsewhere for NPR content
The public radio economy is built on $432 million in annual listener contributions to local public radio stations. Each year nearly 3 ...Applying for a station job? Do your homework
Back in the day when young writers were pitching magazines to publish their work, there used to be a common complaint by ...
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