Author: Mike Janssen
Winslow of NewsHour sees need for greater investment in public TV’s news programming
The final installment of our interview with Linda Winslow, outgoing executive producer of the PBS NewsHour.To follow paths charted by Localore, consider these ‘new realities’
The second of two commentaries adapted from the Association of Independents in Radio’s recent report on Localore.Survey finds growing group of Triple A stations looking for younger listeners
Program directors from public radio's rock and folk stations are gathered in Philadelphia for shop talk and lots of live music.With CPB support, public radio Triple A stations team up to showcase music videos
A new website and mobile app backed by CPB will showcase videos of new and emerging bands.Via Aviators website, opportunities for product placement
Producers of The Aviators, a public TV series distributed by the National Educational Telecommunications Association, devoted a page of the program website to videos ...NPR names media exec and venture capitalist Jarl Mohn as new CEO
Philanthropist, investor and former cable TV executive Jarl Mohn will join NPR as its new c.e.o. July 1, the network’s board announced ...Pubmedia symposium examines how to define, quantify impact
“Impact” is a feel-good media buzzword of the moment, increasingly required by the funders of many projects and invoked by some PTV ...Kenneth Tomlinson, CPB chair at center of scandal, dies at 69
Tomlinson, a former Reader’s Digest editor and CPB Board chair who mounted a behind-the-scenes campaign to balance what he saw as a liberal bias ...Show producers at WNYC turn to digital platforms to add fresh voices, engage younger audiences
New blogs and podcasts have boosted web traffic and social media buzz for Studio 360 and On the Media.‘To the Best of Our Knowledge’, a weekend staple from Wisconsin, gets makeover
A host's departure led to an overhaul of the long-running show and competition among producers for the vacant seat.Funding boost from universities helps Iowa Public Radio after difficult year
Iowa’s Board of Regents voted to increase funding for Iowa Public Radio Thursday after hearing details of the pubcaster’s financial struggles in the ...PBS’s Sepulveda: Stations can do more to engage Latinos, broader communities
PBS stations need to share more information among themselves as they work to increase their community impact, PBS’s new senior v.p. of ...Report: New light-rail line causing problems for MPR/APM
The new Green Line of the Minneapolis-St. Paul light-rail line is beginning to wreak havoc on the studios of American Public Media/Minnesota ...Public Media Futures Forum explores impact measurement and analysis
“Understanding Impact,” a two-day symposium, will explore how public media organizations can measure and analyze the impact of their work. Convened by ...Engelhardt: Change to Pacifica’s governance must come from outside
I have been following the recent events of the Pacifica radio network with great interest and even greater concern — even sadness. ...
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