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Scarce funding limits public media’s response to gun debate
The mass shootings last year in Colorado, Wisconsin and Connecticut reawakened Americans to recurring tragedies of gun violence and rekindled a national ...American Routes throws shindig for 15th anniversary
Public radio’s American Routes is celebrating its 15th anniversary on the air with a dance and concert in New Orleans and a discount for ...KQED launches 11th season of ImageMakers and new spinoff show
ImageMakers, the indie film showcase curated by San Francisco’s KQED TV, will debut the Oscar-winning film Curfew, May 12. Every year, KQED Program Director ...To connect with the under-30 crowd, NPR tries face time
NPR Generation Listen, the network's new outreach effort for millenials, sees one-on-one interaction as the key to cultivating its younger fanbase.Few ‘Magic Moments’ in March pledge
Pledge results reported by public TV stations from recently concluded on-air fundraisers were down 20 percent to 25 percent from the March ...Speedskater Bridie Farrell brings story of abuse to Milwaukee Public Radio
Milwaukee Public Radio host Mitch Teich could have predicted a few outcomes from his decision to take up speedskating — sore muscles, ...Live radio captioning goes nationwide with Latino USA
Radio for the deaf,” a captioning technology developed and refined through an NPR Labs partnership, is moving into mainstream broadcasting with Latino ...Tough reality for PBS: Roadshow audience doesn’t flow easily into Market Warriors
PBS has ended production of Market Warriors, the Monday-night series that was a lynchpin in its strategy to hold on to viewers of Antiques Roadshow, the ...Public TV’s first TED Talks Education special tapes live this week
TED, the nonprofit behind the high-profile conferences about ideas in technology, entertainment and design (as well as NPR’s new weekend series), and ...NPR cancels Talk of the Nation, pairs with WBUR in bid to bolster middays
After more than two decades on the air, NPR’s Talk of the Nation will come to an end in June to make ...Nine media projects receive Latino Public Broadcasting funding
Media projects backed during LPB's latest grant round include Children of Giant, Hector Galan's documentary exploring how production of the epic feature film Giant affected ...With Digital Studios, PBS tailors programs for a web-only audience
In a bid to attract younger viewers who don't tune in to broadcast TV, PBS Digital Studios has cultivated a slate of ...NPR drops Talk of the Nation, replaces with WBUR’s Here & Now
This item has been updated and reposted with additional information. After more than two decades on the air, NPR’s Talk of the Nation will ...Nova faulted for failing to disclose funder’s interest in drones
A recent Nova documentary about unmanned aerial drones sparked a flurry of complaints from viewers upset by what the program’s producers didn’t ...Pubradio and TV audiences continue migration to digital, State of News Media study shows
Audiences for public radio and television news continue to spend less time with legacy broadcast platforms as they transition to digital listening ...
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