Programs/Content
Black Public Media awards $225,000 for three film and technology projects
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The grants were announced Thursday night at the PitchBLACK Awards.
Programs/Content
How to reach audiences who think public media isn’t for them
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A segmentation study identified three groups that Vermont’s public media organizations can attract and engage with a different approach.
Programs/Content
After release from prison, ‘Ear Hustle’ host seeks repeal of three-strikes law
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“What we have consistently experienced is three-strikes being put on the shelf every time something else comes up as if it’s someone’s pet project, but in reality, these are people’s lives,” said Earlonne Woods.
Engagement
How CapRadio involved survivors in coverage of sexual assault
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The station relied on participatory journalism to inform its project “After the Assault,” which examined how support systems fall short in helping survivors heal and find justice.
Programs/Content
‘Pulse of the Planet’ to end in June
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The short-form radio program has aired for more than 30 years.
Programs/Content
Listeners find meaning, not just escape, in classical music
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A music director argues that while classical music can soothe, it’s more than just “aural wallpaper” to its fans.
Programs/Content
Audience initiative led by Sesame Workshop’s Cooney Center backs station projects co-created with Gen Z
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The CPB-funded Next Gen Public Media Accelerator jump-starts content development for 12 stations targeting the “Missing Middle.”
Programs/Content
How regional centers, NSF funds are helping to diversify PBS Digital Studios content
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Under Maribel Lopez, who became head of PBSDS in December, the unit is branching out nationwide and developing STEM content aimed at women and people of color.
Programs/Content
Journalists behind Ag & Water Desk aim to reframe coverage of climate-change impact along Mississippi River Basin
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“One thing that … is really important is not to frame the work we’re doing as farmers versus environmentalists,” says Executive Director Sara Shipley Hiles. “I never want to see that headline or that framing on the story. because I don’t think that’s accurate and it’s not helpful, either.”
Programs/Content
Jazz Media Lab stations test strategies for cultivating younger audiences
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The three-year grant program backs five stations as they build digital platforms, sponsor intergenerational music collaborations and rethink the definition of jazz.
Programs/Content
NEH backs public media projects, independent productions in the humanities
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Two public media stations and 13 independent projects received nearly $4.3 million supporting films, podcasts and archival preservation.
Programs/Content
‘Code Switch’ gets boost from CPB grant
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The two-year grant is part of a more ambitious plan to raise the profile of the NPR podcast on race and identity.
Crosswords
Current Crossword: ‘Radio Waves’
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Challenge your wits with our latest public media–themed crossword.
Programs/Content
Collaboration between Cape Cod, British stations reveals similar challenges faced by coastal communities
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WCAI in Woods Hole, Mass., has teamed up with a community radio station in Cornwall, England, on the project “Falmouth to Falmouth.”
Programs/Content
More than a dozen stations pick up Vox’s ‘Today, Explained’
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While some stations are welcoming the show, other programmers are wary of furthering public radio’s relationship with for-profit producers.
Programs/Content
APM will handle distribution of Classical 24
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“We believe that bringing production and distribution under the same roof will provide a more streamlined process for our station partners and be a seamless experience for our listeners,” said an APMG executive.
Programs/Content
Classical stations see audience, fundraising successes as listeners seek refuge during pandemic
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“People really felt the value of the station to a greater degree during the pandemic and wanted to make certain that the station had the funding it needed to not just survive but thrive,” said Brenda Barnes, CEO of KING FM in Seattle.
Programs/Content
Public radio’s ‘On Being’ will move to seasonal podcast
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“I watched the ‘Car Talk’ guys actually die and still be on the radio … and I said to myself, ‘At some point, this is going to end, or it’s going to morph into a new form,” said host Krista Tippett.
Programs/Content
Inaugural PBS diversity report highlights BIPOC contributions to programming
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The network said that in fiscal year 2021, 51% of its nationally programmed prime-time schedule “included diverse on-screen talent; was produced, written or directed by diverse makers; and/or explored diversity-related topics.”
Programs/Content
WNET Group acquires podcast about antisemitic broadcaster Father Charles Coughlin
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“I thought it was incredible the way the story was told and how things we’re seeing today are encapsulated in this man’s story,” says Judy Greenspan, director of multiplatform initiatives for the New York–based producing station.