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Vme plants flag for ‘quality’ Spanish-language TV
The Spanish-language multichannel for public TV is in the midst of a revamp that includes station outreach, such as chef Hamlet Garcia's ...PRI develops tool to change how readers engage with its journalism
StoryAct will suggest ways that readers can take action.NPR to close Kabul bureau
When the 13-year international combat mission ends in Afghanistan Dec. 31, NPR’s Kabul bureau will also close. NPR decided in 2012 that it ...Pubcasters object to U.S. Forest Service proposal for wilderness filming permits
Six public broadcasting organizations filed joint comments Wednesday with the U.S. Forest Service protesting proposed special-use permits and fees for still photography and ...The doctors are in as Sesame Workshop tackles effects of mass incarceration
Two doctors who focus on the relationship between incarceration and public health have teamed up with a Sesame Street Muppet to call attention to ...Public media efforts get backing from latest NEA grants
Seven organizations associated with public media are among 1,116 grantees announced Tuesday by the National Endowment for the Arts for funding that ...NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert searches for new acts
NPR announced Tuesday a contest that will use the platform of its Tiny Desk Concerts to discover up-and-coming musicians. For viewers, the ...TJ Lubinsky secures rights to famed Motown 25 special for public TV pledge
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, the famous 1983 special on which Michael Jackson debuted his signature moonwalk and Smokey Robinson reunited with the Miracles, ...By shifting focus, Whiteness Project aims for deeper discussion of race in America
Asking interviewees to consider their status as white Americans takes them, and viewers, into uncomfortable territory.Radiotopia’s Kickstarter funds will support internships, health care and more podcasts
Public Radio Exchange’s podcast network Radiotopia has raised $620,000 from 21,808 donors on Kickstarter, setting a record among publishing, radio and podcasting ...PBS to share coverage of major book fair with online viewers
The coverage from the Miami Book Fair International will stream live on PBS.org, member station websites and WorldChannel.org.Study of engaging digital stories helps stations’ newsrooms set priorities
A new vocabulary is emerging in public radio newsrooms to help journalists communicate and make decisions about online coverage that attracts and builds ...PBS to test whether core series can bring in pledge dollars
PBS has set the lineup for an upcoming fundraising test that will use a full week’s schedule of first-run National Program Service ...APT offers MST3K episodes to public TV stations
SAN DIEGO — Mystery Science Theater 3000 could be headed for public television. It’s one of some 75 shows that public TV programmers are previewing at ...Masterpiece expands hours with “gushing pipeline” of classics, mysteries
Masterpiece will concentrate on bolstering its popular Classics and Mystery! strands with an boost in support from its main sponsor, Viking River Cruises. Executive Producer ...
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