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Spencer Nusbaum

Former Editorial Intern

sn1915a@student.american.edu

Spencer joined Current in the fall of 2020 as an editorial intern via American University’s School of Communications Dean’s Internship Program. As a junior at AU studying journalism with a minor in business and entertainment, he has studied public media both inside and outside of the classroom. At The Eagle, American University’s flagship student media outlet, Spencer is the managing editor of sports and the beat reporter for women’s basketball. He also writes at High Post Hoops, covering the WNBA. In his remaining free hours, he enjoys playing Ultimate Frisbee, finding new music and messing around with basketball statistics in Excel.

Education

Indiana invests $6.7M in statewide pilot of educational datacasts

By Spencer Nusbaum, Former Editorial Intern | December 3, 2020

The funds allow all of Indiana’s public TV stations to build capacity to deliver lessons to students who can’t access the internet.

System/Policy

Nashville classical station will go Triple A in bid for bigger audience

By Spencer Nusbaum, Former Editorial Intern | November 23, 2020

Nashville Public Radio hopes to expand its news department with income from the new “music discovery” station.

Programs/Content

MPR receives $250,000 grant to expand community engagement

By Spencer Nusbaum, Former Editorial Intern | November 17, 2020

MPR plans to hire a community engagement officer and hold diversity trainings for newsroom staff.

Programs/Content

Microsoft grants aid journalism in public media newsrooms

By Spencer Nusbaum, Former Editorial Intern | November 13, 2020

Broadcasters will use the funds to support interns and expand coverage of the pandemic, health care, criminal justice and other topics.

System/Policy

Pubmedia employees’ donations to political candidates skew left, favor progressives

By Spencer Nusbaum, Former Editorial Intern | October 30, 2020

A review of FEC records found donations from more than 1,200 public media employees across 275 organizations.

Programs/Content

Collaboration explores diversity of young Latino electorate

By Spencer Nusbaum, Former Editorial Intern | October 5, 2020

“It starts shattering the monolith of Latinos or youth,” says a contributor to Every 30 Seconds.

System/Policy

Employees at Maine Public accept voluntary retirement offers

By Spencer Nusbaum, Former Editorial Intern | September 28, 2020

Executives are aiming to get ahead of long-term budget concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Programs/Content

American Archive ‘edit-a-thons’ enhance Wikipedia with pubmedia content

By Spencer Nusbaum, Former Editorial Intern | September 25, 2020

The partnership is mutually beneficial: Wikipedia becomes more reliable, and the American Archive of Public Broadcasting exposes its content to a wider audience.

Development

Remodel of ‘Action Auction’ brings new generation of supporters to annual fundraiser

By Spencer Nusbaum, Former Editorial Intern | September 22, 2020

The annual live broadcast, a community-building tradition for southwestern Ohio’s CET and ThinkTV stations, completed its first fundraiser Saturday using online bidding and far less airtime.

Programs/Content

With podcast, ‘Black in Appalachia’ series aims to reach new audiences

By Spencer Nusbaum, Former Editorial Intern | September 15, 2020

The “Black in Appalachia” podcast marks East Tennessee PBS’ first foray into the medium, an unusual step for a project that started as a TV show.