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New funding expands reach of public radio’s hip-hop/R&B format
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Stations in Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Jackson, Miss., will join the CPB-supported Urban Alternative format with the goal of reaching new listeners.
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Why it’s a big deal that the latest episode of NPR’s ‘Embedded’ includes audio from a Maryland courtroom
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A narrow challenge to a law banning broadcasts of criminal proceedings may help expand journalists’ ability to cover trials.
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WMRA podcast reveals stories behind band’s fan-inspired songs
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The Virginia station teamed up with The Steel Wheels, a locally based Americana band, on “We Made You a Song.”
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‘Anything could go wrong’: A longtime programming exec remembers the tightrope act of producing pledge specials
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“In working with musical artists, I learned that egos are enormous, and concerns are varied and unpredictable,” writes Larry Rifkin in his new memoir, “No Dead Air: Career Reflections From the TV Executive Who Saved Barney the Dinosaur From Extinction.”
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How serendipity, the 1986 World Series and believing in possibilities changed my filmmaking career
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When Henry Hampton called, “I was unemployed and living in New Orleans with no money for another film, no prospects at all. Everything changed after that.”
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Michigan Radio adds grant-funded criminal justice beat
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The Public Welfare Foundation backed a new reporting position and community-focused events.
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NEH pandemic relief grants boost indie filmmakers
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ITVS, Firelight Media, the Sundance Institute and Appalshop Inc. received $5.5 million for filmmaking initiatives and other projects.
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Comings and goings: Frazier promoted at South Carolina ETV, Pizzi joins Public Media Venture Group …
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Stephanie Frazier joined SCETV in 2019.
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New ‘NewsHour’ initiative deepens reporting on diverse communities
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“The misery from a local perspective continues even after some of the national media has left. But the unique thing with The Communities Initiative is we’re still here. We’re still recording.”
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How NPR can leverage stations’ reporting to help save local journalism
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“Enterprising local reports from newsrooms across the country are simply not reflected enough in the NPR’s signature news magazines,” writes former CPB Board member Howard Husock.
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New ‘Mountain Stage’ host upholds show’s traditions for a growing audience
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After a long run as a popular guest musician, Kathy Mattea is the second permanent host in the show’s history.
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After parole, podcast producers are turning skills learned in prison into paying gigs
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“It feels good to be employed, it feels better to be in a field that I love, and it feels greater to be working with the people I was doing the work with inside.”
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Passport viewers get many more streaming options with infusion of APT shows
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A partnership between American Public Television and PBS will dramatically expand the catalog of programs available for streaming on PBS Passport and the PBS Video app.
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Kansas City PBS boosts profile of digital Flatland platform with monthly TV show
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The half-hour show, also titled “Flatland,” debuts Thursday with host D. Rashaan Gilmore.
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Public radio’s ‘Says You’ to end production of new episodes
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“We treasure every single day of the 25 years that we had in public radio,” said EP Laura Sher.
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5 lessons we learned turning our podcast into animated shorts for public TV
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The father-daughter hosts and creators of “You Must Know Everything” found that collaboration and self-promotion can expand the reach of a homegrown project.
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5 takeaways from the expansion of public radio’s climate change coverage
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Newsrooms that prioritize local climate reporting are finding receptive audiences and collaborative partners.
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TPT’s Rewire will end publishing, continue video work for PBS Digital Studios
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Rewire launched in 2013 as a local engagement project and pivoted to become an online publication in 2016.
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Why public radio’s news shows need unique approaches to top stories
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It’s never the subject that makes you unique — it’s what you do with the subject.
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Upcoming ‘Nova’ doc builds on a decade of marijuana research
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“The Cannabis Question” “is very different than the show that would have been on 10 years ago,” said neuroscientist Dr. Yasmin Hurd during the summer Television Critics Association press tour.