Author: Mike Janssen
Burns to produce cancer doc for public TV
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns is adapting a book about cancer into a six-hour series for public TV, reports the New York Times. The project ...NPR, WLRN team up to expand reporting on Latin America
NPR and Miami’s WLRN are collaborating to boost coverage of Latin America, with NPR’s Lourdes Garcia-Navarro assigned to a new foreign desk ...Audio diarists share new stories in Teenage Diaries Revisited
Beginning May 6 on NPR's All Things Considered, listeners will hear five voices from the past that may have a familiar ring. They’re a ...Deadlines to relocate, raise money weigh on Pacifica stations
The Pacifica radio network rarely enjoys a drama-free moment, but with two of its five stations on a tight schedule to find ...Long Island psychic finds radio audience eager for forecasts
Listeners to WPPB in Long Island, N.Y., can listen to Morning Edition or the BBC Newshour if they want to know what’s happening now. But if ...Facing tight deadline, Pacifica leaders disagree over relocation plans for WPFW
WPFW-FM, the Pacifica station in Washington, D.C., faces a deadline to vacate its studios at the end of month and still has ...Austin Music Map: mapping the places where ‘music is made all the time’
The music world of Austin, Texas, is now being shared with a global audience thanks to Austin Music Map, a website developed ...KCRW’s Shearer learned of show’s cancellation after last appearance on air
In a post on his website, actor Harry Shearer describes how he learned about the cancellation of his long-running show on KCRW ...Arizona radio stations ask FCC for looser underwriting rules
The licensee of KJZZ and KBAQ in Phoenix has asked the FCC for temporary permission to sidestep the agency’s rules governing language ...American Routes throws shindig for 15th anniversary
Public radio’s American Routes is celebrating its 15th anniversary on the air with a dance and concert in New Orleans and a discount for ...Speedskater Bridie Farrell brings story of abuse to Milwaukee Public Radio
Milwaukee Public Radio host Mitch Teich could have predicted a few outcomes from his decision to take up speedskating — sore muscles, ...PRPD offers new round of trainings
The Public Radio Program Directors Association will expand its training programs for stations this year and continue its Sense of Place studies ...Massachusetts’ WFCR adds to capital campaign with Cosby fundraiser
New England Public Radio in Amherst, Mass., got a helping hand earlier this month from a famous friend when listener and local ...NPR to pilot alerts for people with hearing disabilities
NPR will test a system for delivering emergency alerts to individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing in Gulf Coast states under a ...NFCB board dismisses president; v.p. calls decision “a huge mistake”
The board of directors of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters has dismissed NFCB President Maxie Jackson as of March 4. He ...
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