Author: Mike Janssen
SABEW honors biz news, Michiganers land MAB awards, and more recognition for pubcasters
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN BUSINESS EDITORS AND WRITERS Pubcasters honored with SABEW Best in Business awards. NPR’s coverage of the “Health Care Website Launch” was ...A report from “outside”: takeaways from AIR’s Localore
Lessons learned from 10 station-based multimedia productions that tested new models of community service and engagement.For Localore, broadcast’s reach still dwarfs digital media, outreach
A visualization of Localore's reach, prepared by AIR.Ongoing protest of WGBH Board member Koch to light up Boston landmarks
Three progressive groups have organized a protest Friday night at Boston's WGBH as they continue to pressure the station to drop conservative ...KQED expands, Mundt returning to Louisville, and more comings and goings in pubmedia
KQED has created two new multiplatform desks to expand the San Francisco station’s coverage of culture and politics. Two executives will oversee the ...Pacifica’s executive director ignores board’s firing
Pacifica Executive Director Summer Reese reported to work today at the radio network’s headquarters in Berkeley, Calif., ignoring her dismissal Thursday by ...Forthcoming NPR mobile app could advance public radio’s quest for digital audience
Public radio executives who have long bemoaned the field’s collective inability to pursue innovation have a new opportunity to alter that dynamic ...Report: Pacifica board dismisses executive director after five months on the job
The board of directors of the Pacifica Foundation terminated Executive Director Summer Reese Thursday, according to an email sent early Friday by ...NPR to stock new mobile app by aiding stations on back end
NPR is preparing member stations to provide local news for the network’s new mobile app, slated for release by summer. NPR content chief ...NPR intends to keep two different clocks for newsmagazines
NPR has indicated that it’s unlikely to adopt an identical clock for its two flagship newsmagazines, a proposal put forward by station ...PubTV stations earn new revenues as ‘problem-solver’ for educators
At Vegas PBS and WHRO in Norfolk, Va., station leaders developed a “strategy of survival” that evolved into an innovative education-based ...WNET will return foundation grant for Pension Peril series
WNET will return a $3.5 million grant it received for a series of reports on public pensions after facing questions about the ...OPB asks WNET for “assurance” that funder didn’t influence Pension Peril
Oregon Public Broadcasting has asked New York’s WNET to demonstrate that no “improper influence” was exerted by the primary funder of its ...WNET responds to report on funding for pension series
New York’s WNET issued a statement responding to a PandoDaily article that scrutinized funding for its topical reporting series, The Pension Peril. In the article, published ...Thursday roundup: Flappy Bert takes to the air, WAMU host skis to work
• Less than a week after the maker of the wildly popular mobile game Flappy Bird announced he would pull the plug on his creation, Sesame ...
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