Engagement
Engagement campaign around ‘Hiding in Plain Sight’ documentary promotes awareness of youth mental illness
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Sixteen stations have received grants for screenings, trainings and panel discussions tied to the documentary.
Programs/Content
GBH’s ‘Priced Out’ series addresses complex problem with multiplatform reporting
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The project tells the stories of Massachusetts residents who are facing eviction amid an increasingly expensive housing market.
Programs/Content
Second year of Black Music City collaboration boosts support for Philadelphia artists
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The project is a collaboration among WXPN, WRTI and REC Philly, an incubator and agency that provides local artists with business advice and spaces to create.
Programs/Content
Why it’s time to reconsider how ‘All Things Considered’ can expand its service for today’s listeners
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Over the past 50 years, NPR and stations have made incremental changes to the newsmagazine to keep up with changing times. Why aren’t those conversations happening again now?
Crosswords
Current Crossword: ‘Stationary’
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Your knowledge of call letters will come in handy for this brainteaser.
Programs/Content
Public TV stations adapt strategies for supporting out-of-school learning
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Ohio stations have launched a $5 million project to help elementary students “accelerate their learning,” while WNET is refining its formula for delivering the day-camp experience via broadcasts.
Programs/Content
CPB grant will help expand Indigenous programming
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The grant will support the daily “ICT Newscast with Aliyah Chavez.”
Programs/Content
How ‘This Way Out’ is preserving its collection of historic audio from the LGBTQ movement
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Producers of the weekly radio magazine that debuted in 1987 are excavating recordings stored in closets and in obsolete formats.
Programs/Content
Rick Steves series premiering this fall takes viewers through thousands of years of European art
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“This series is something I’ve waited to do my whole career,” says Steves, host and writer of the APT-distributed series.
Programs/Content
APMG reveals plan to disband APM Reports while leaving many details undecided
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Top execs have signaled plans for reorganization and possible job cuts for the award-winning investigative unit.
Programs/Content
KSPS launches quiz show to reinforce civics education
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The PBS station teamed up with the Spokane League of Women Voters to create “Civics Bowl,” a new take on high school academic competitions.
Programs/Content
NEA grants boost public media groups, filmmakers
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The endowment provided nearly $880,000 to public media organizations and other nonprofits that create or support media projects centered on the arts.
Programs/Content
Governor’s decision gives ‘Ear Hustle’ host a chance at freedom
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Rahsaan “New York” Thomas’ appointment with a parole board could bring him an early release from prison.
Crosswords
Current Crossword: ‘Eclectic Mix’
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This month’s crossword with a public media theme has something for everyone.
Programs/Content
Expansion of Nashville Public Radio prioritizes staff diversity with goals to better serve growing city
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With launch of “This is Nashville,” WPLN aims to deliver coverage that’s “driven by the community, for the community.”
Programs/Content
Five stations selected for Ready to Learn podcast accelerator
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The program gives stations “the opportunity to explore innovative ways to help parents and children learn together,” said CPB’s Debra Tica Sanchez.
Programs/Content
NPR, LAist Studios partner to launch audio incubator for Latinx creators
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The partners have committed to “further development opportunities” for at least one creator.
Diversity
Diversify or die out: Five steps for creating a newsroom that reflects America
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Changing the storytellers is the only way to help reverse the news media’s unconscionable pattern of racial inequity, says YR Media CEO Kyra Kyles.
Programs/Content
American Archive of Public Broadcasting unveils special collection for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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The collection features news segments discussing affirmative action and reparations as well as documentary films like “Joyce Chen’s China,” “China, Land of My Father” and “Vietnam: A Chicagoan Goes Home.”
Development
Michel Martin donates honorarium to Gulf States Newsroom
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Martin said she hopes the team uses the gift to support the “reporters’ outstanding work and encourage them to reach even higher.”