Programs/Content
PRPD, Day Two: NPR, stations prepare for debut of revised newsmag clocks
PORTLAND, Ore. — This week’s Public Radio Programming Conference is giving attendees a chance to prepare for Nov. 17, the day when ...Next phase of American Graduate station grants to emphasize early education
American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen, CPB’s dropout prevention initiative, has awarded another $6.2 million in grants to 33 stations, this time ...PRPD, Day One: In keynote, Mohn issues promotion challenge
PORTLAND, Ore. — Addressing the nearly 500 attendees of the Public Radio Program Directors conference, NPR CEO Jarl Mohn reassured attendees Tuesday ...With Localore expansion, AIR’s Schardt looks to spread culture of R&D, mission of inclusion
The Association of Independents in Radio is preparing to roll out its next iterations of Localore, the innovation initiative that paired indie ...Naysayers be damned, public radio’s On Being thrives as ‘social enterprise’
It’s been a long journey for a show that some doubted could survive on public radio.NPR adds social components, stand-alone site to Local Stories Project
After launching with one station in 2011, the social media–driven project now has 36 participating stations.The time Joan Rivers didn’t become an NPR host
With the death of Joan Rivers, Jay Kernis, former senior v.p. for programming at NPR, shared this remembrance of Rivers on his ...Times Square’s unlicensed Elmos spell headaches for Sesame Workshop
Unruly street performers have prompted the children's TV producer to consider legal action and a city councilman to propose a new law.Two public TV networks decline to air POV documentary After Tiller
At least two public television networks opted not to air this week the POV documentary After Tiller, which profiles four late-term abortion providers and prompted a ...NPR’s Ellen McDonnell, executive editor for news programming, will retire after almost 35 years
NPR’s news division is seeing the exit of another longtime executive with today’s announcement that Executive Editor for News Programming Ellen McDonnell ...Former iMA director leaves Greater Public amid shift in planned services
Greater Public, the organization providing fundraising resources and support to public media stations, has opted not to renew the contract of Jeannie ...Merged newsroom boosts St. Louis Public Radio’s response to tumult in Ferguson
The aftermath of the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., proved to be a critical test for the public media newsroom.New podcast network from APM includes six new shows
Infinite Guest, a new podcast network from American Public Media, brings together feeds of broadcast programs, existing podcasts and new shows in ...Crowdsourced climate-reporting project iSeeChange aims to expand with new partners
Partnerships with NASA and a research initiative in Northern California will take iSeeChange beyond its roots in Colorado.CPB adds $6.2 million in American Graduate grants, reveals national broadcast plans
The initiative will support efforts at 33 stations to raise awareness of the dropout problem.
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