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Launch of podcast about racial wealth inequalities signals big ambitions for WBGO Studios
New Jersey's WBGO is moving to create new shows and build sponsorships around podcasts on a broad variety of topics.Public TV hosts ready new shows to meet ‘pent-up passion’ for travel
Rick Steves, Samantha Brown and others are highlighting global destinations while considering how to keep themselves and their viewers safe.New England News Collaborative sunsets radio show, refocuses strategy
The collaborative ended its show "Next" last month to focus on new priorities.Podcasts vs. local news: an either-or proposition?
"For small and midsize media organizations, a new focus on podcast excellence may mean getting out of the comprehensive local news business."How NPR and stations are working together to expand regional news
NPR and stations have found early success at attracting support from major donors and adding reporting capacity to the system with a ...The missing middle: Reimagining a future for tweens, teens and public media
Researchers from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center report on how public media can create media that's relevant to the lives of the ...Fans, stations welcome return of hit series ‘Sanditon’
Efficient production and a collaborative funding push allowed for two new seasons of the "Masterpiece" Jane Austen adaptation.NYPR fires Bob Garfield after investigation into bullying
Garfield was fired following two investigations into his conduct.PBS series on life expectancy aims to give ‘200-year view of the present moment’
Greenlit as the COVID pandemic accelerated, "Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer" suddenly found itself "right in the middle of ...#PBSForTheArts campaign documents how arts have survived pandemic
#PBSForTheArts is examining how arts organizations are working to “stay around, stay relevant and then fight back,” said WNET Group CEO Neal ...Yamiche Alcindor named moderator of ‘Washington Week’
Alcindor plans to maintain the show's traditions while thinking of ways it can speak “to a new generation of people.”Without a live audience, this variety show had to find a way forward
“It really was just a process of us starting and stopping and having to reassess,” said a co-EP of public radio's "Live ...‘Uncuffed’ podcast lets incarcerated people tell their stories, their way
“Everyone deserves a chance to share their truth unmitigated because we all have so much to learn from the way incarcerated people ...Los Angeles partners revamp local daily news breaks into ‘SoCal Update’
Journalists from KPCC and LAist share reporting on top stories of the day in short segments that air on PBS SoCal and ...Filmmakers who challenged PBS on diversity continue push for transparency
Members of Beyond Inclusion say they will keep advocating for issues they raised in a March letter to PBS CEO Paula Kerger.
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