Engagement
Newsrooms ramp up audience engagement tactics for coronavirus coverage
|
Public media’s largest and smallest newsrooms find that coverage shaped by listeners and readers invites more participation and builds trust.
Programs/Content
Station town halls on racial justice go virtual amid coronavirus concerns
|
With social distancing making in-person conversations difficult, stations are turning to online platforms to engage with audiences around issues of race and policing.
Programs/Content
‘Downton Abbey’ pledge marathon boosts public TV’s June pledge drive
|
With PBS rights to the drama expiring June 30, stations and viewers are making the most of the show’s fundraising farewell tour.
Programs/Content
Like news audience, core classical fans are tuning in more
|
Core listeners have become even more important to classical radio stations during the pandemic as their loyalty and time spent listening has increased.
Programs/Content
Amid pandemic, core listeners prove their importance to news stations
|
A study informed by AudiGraphics audience research concludes that now is the time to ask sustainers to increase giving.
Programs/Content
WTVP plans launch of multicast channel for at-home learning
|
The public TV station and local school system forged a partnership to improve at-home learning for students with limited internet access.
Programs/Content
‘Snap Judgment’ rejoins PRX for distribution
|
WNYC Studios has distributed the show since 2015.
Programs/Content
PBS to broadcast documentaries and specials on racism and police
|
The initiative includes programs from “PBS NewsHour,” “Frontline,” “POV” and “Independent Lens.”
Programs/Content
Stations expand Spanish-language content to provide vital information about pandemic
|
As Latino communities are hit by the coronavirus, pubmedia is striving to meet a need for coverage in Spanish.
Programs/Content
WNYC, MPR call-in show gauges nation’s response to police protests
|
The program aired on 342 stations across the country.
Programs/Content
Viewership gains during crisis point to strategy for building ‘NewsHour’ audience
|
Increase viewing frequency with promotions that reinforce the program’s values of civic discourse and analysis.
Programs/Content
Stuck at home, chef Lidia Bastianich takes viewers into her kitchen with help from family
|
A two-part special airing this weekend was inspired by the idea that “food is a common denominator.”
Programs/Content
Create Challenge selects two crafters to produce video shorts
|
First-prize winner Martin Amado will create a 10-part series on budget-minded crafting and home decor.
Programs/Content
After PBS drops film, PBS SoCal reviews documentary produced in association with a Chinese state TV network
|
Citing concerns over its funding, PBS removed “Voices from the Frontline: China’s War on Poverty” from PBS.org, Passport and the PBS Video App.
Programs/Content
‘Morning Edition’ asks listeners to share thoughts about Ahmaud Arbery in verse
|
Poetry can be a way to deal with “heavy, emotionally weighted things,” says Kwame Alexander, who co-hosts the show’s poetry segments.
Programs/Content
AFA campaigns for PBS to cancel series exploring LGBTQ+ life
|
Actor Dyllón Burnside traveled the South as host of “Prideland,” which includes weekly digital shorts and a TV special.
Programs/Content
ProPublica ends cash investment in Trump, Inc., remains editorial partner
|
WNYC and ProPublica “are committed to reporting and producing new episodes through November,” a WNYC spokesperson said.
Programs/Content
Amid canceled graduations, pubmedia provides alternatives for seniors lacking ceremonies
|
PBS Student Reporting Labs and Ohio’s WOUB have found ways to commemorate the rite of passage, even as students are forced to remain at home.
Programs/Content
How small public radio stations are handling the pandemic
|
In a webinar co-presented by Current, leaders of two small stations discussed steps they’ve taken to respond to the pandemic.