Programs/Content
Project crowdsourcing health care costs finds partners in pubmedia
A former New York Times reporter teams up with WNYC, KQED and KPCC to cut through the mystique surrounding the cost of health care.Final NPR newsmag clocks will take effect Nov. 17
NPR has released the final versions of the new clocks for its newsmagazines and set a date of Nov. 17 for their ...Met reaches agreement with major unions, hopes to avoid lockout
The Metropolitan Opera has reached a tentative agreement with two of the three bargaining units representing its workers.Stations’ joint effort brings streaming BBC shows to websites
A joint effort among PBS and five member stations has created a more efficient way for stations to offer online streams of ...Labor strife at Met could leave hole in classical stations’ schedules
A lockout at the New York opera house would force more than 300 stations to make tough choices.Nonprofit Marshall Project gears up for putting criminal justice reform on national agenda
The Washington Post had a blockbuster front-page investigation with a lengthy Aug. 3 story about an unreliable witness in a Texas execution case. But ...NPR delays implementing new program clocks until at least November
NPR will postpone implementing new clocks for its flagship newsmagazines until at least November after hearing concerns that an earlier transition could ...Documentary series The View From Here attracts national attention with multimedia, audience interaction
A documentary series produced by Capital Public Radio in Sacramento, Calif., focuses solely on issues in the station’s home state yet has ...Despite ongoing conflict, Steves strives for careful balance in Middle East travelogue
Even the centuries-old disputes between Israelis and Palestinians can’t keep travel host Rick Steves from his mission: to help people around the ...Center for Public Integrity to explore state election spending with Arnold grant
The center is putting a $2.9 million grant toward an offshoot of its "Consider the Source" project.Day One of NPR One: Some first reactions
NPR’s long-awaited mobile app NPR One launched yesterday, allowing iPhone and Android users to tune into a stream of curated and algorithm-powered newscasts, ...KCSM-TV discontinues MHz programming, citing FCC regulations
KCSM-TV in San Mateo, Calif., has dropped international programming from MHz Networks after determining that the programs did not meet legal requirements ...First scripted series from PBS Digital Studios updates Frankenstein for modern age
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — You have to love the irony. The first scripted narrative series from PBS Digital Studios is a modern update ...Fibs, Yiddish and Crosbys: tidbits from PBS’s press tour
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — They don’t make the front page, but the comments and observations of panelists during PBS’s portion of the Television ...VPR turns to audience for stories of addiction and recovery
Motel parking lots and other Vermont locations spawned a radio network's search for personal accounts of drug addiction.
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