System/Policy
Pizza is served, plants are flourishing — but a pumpkin isn’t doing so well
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Social media is showing the good, the bad and the ugly of our underused offices.
Development
Branded face masks are letting virus-conscious wearers show their pubmedia love
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Face masks branded with logos are now available from NPR and stations including KPCC, KPBS and Nashville Public Radio.
Programs/Content
NPR’s ‘Hidden Brain’ goes independent
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NPR will continue to distribute the radio show.
System/Policy
Participants find pros and cons to online networking at virtual NABJ/NAHJ conference
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Organizations in the Public Media Village at this month’s event ran into new challenges in networking with job-seekers. But attendees said they still welcomed the opportunity.
Programs/Content
TikTok grants help pubmedia get creative with short-form videos
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Producers are using the popular platform to test ideas while also reaching new and younger audiences.
System/Policy
Revelations about former employee prompt calls for new leadership at WAMU
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Staffers vented frustration with GM JJ Yore during a staff meeting Friday.
Programs/Content
New Hampshire Public Radio launches climate change project ‘By Degrees’
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Reporters are using engagement strategies and a “human-centered” focus to build audience.
System/Policy
WAMU appoints DCist editor-in-chief to lead newsroom
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Rachel Sadon is stepping into the role of interim news director as the station seeks a permanent successor to Jeffrey Katz.
System/Policy
WAMU licensee investigates editor blamed for departures of women of color
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Five women of color have left WAMU since January 2019, an exodus that prompted a series of tweets on the subject last month by current staff.
System/Policy
Support of Black Lives Matter prompts reviews of stations’ social media policies
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Station staffers and managers are taking another look at the line between advocating for human rights and undermining impartial reporting.
System/Policy
Tweets by WAMU staffers call attention to diversity issues at station
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The outpouring on social media came after a Black producer said his job was in jeopardy.
System/Policy
Stations step up reporter safety after unexpected conflicts at protests
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Run-ins with police have prompted newsrooms to review their guidelines for reporting in dangerous situations.
Development
Concerns about COVID-19 sideline canvassing for donors, raise questions about restarting
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Contributor Development Partnership and Donor Development Strategies suspended canvassing in March to protect canvassers and community members from contracting the virus.
Programs/Content
WNYC, MPR call-in show gauges nation’s response to police protests
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The program aired on 342 stations across the country.
Programs/Content
Stuck at home, chef Lidia Bastianich takes viewers into her kitchen with help from family
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A two-part special airing this weekend was inspired by the idea that “food is a common denominator.”
Programs/Content
Create Challenge selects two crafters to produce video shorts
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First-prize winner Martin Amado will create a 10-part series on budget-minded crafting and home decor.
Programs/Content
‘Morning Edition’ asks listeners to share thoughts about Ahmaud Arbery in verse
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Poetry can be a way to deal with “heavy, emotionally weighted things,” says Kwame Alexander, who co-hosts the show’s poetry segments.
Programs/Content
AFA campaigns for PBS to cancel series exploring LGBTQ+ life
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Actor Dyllón Burnside traveled the South as host of “Prideland,” which includes weekly digital shorts and a TV special.
Programs/Content
Mississippi Public Broadcasting launches digital yearbook for high-school seniors
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After school was canceled, MPB created the project to celebrate and uplift students.
Programs/Content
California PBS stations partner with state government campaign on emergency preparedness
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“PBS is the natural place, a trusted source of information for this kind of thing to be shared with the public,” said PBS SoCal/KCET CEO Andrew Russell.