Programs/Content
To redesign education coverage, start by doing your homework
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How KPCC used design thinking to extend the reach and impact of its coverage of early childhood education.
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Subscription streaming channel PBS Living to premiere Thursday
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The lifestyle and how-to programs will be available on Amazon’s Prime Video Channels.
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WBUR producer helps California station tell stories of fire-stricken region
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Ashley Bailey is reporting this week for “After Paradise,” a show airing on North State Public Radio.
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Experiments with 360 video prepare stations for next wave of innovation
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Broadcasters in Nebraska, Texas and Florida are learning how to engage viewers with immersive media productions.
Colorado Public Radio
Colorado Public Radio acquires local Spirited Media website
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“Denverite provides extensive coverage of what’s happening in the city, giving CPR News even more opportunity to focus on stories with statewide interest,” said CPR Executive Editor Kevin Dale.
Programs/Content
How public media should read the Luminary news
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Whether the on-demand audio startup succeeds or fails, it’s great news for public media, though your nerves might beg to differ. Here’s why.
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‘PBS NewsHour’ to expand with new bureau at Cronkite School in Phoenix
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The expansion is part of the show’s push to become an around-the-clock news provider.
Programs/Content
APT selects first local programs for new ‘Hometown Create’ feature
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“Hometown Create” will include full-length cooking, travel, gardening and other how-to shows produced by local stations.
Programs/Content
Vegas PBS seeks ‘sense of place’ in project to save residents’ photos
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The station wants residents to bring old photos to community events, documenting the history of Las Vegas and its relationship with water.
Programs/Content
For smaller stations, WYSO training program offers model for content on a budget
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The station’s Community Voices project has made its programming more diverse while also helping to grow revenue.
Programs/Content
OPB drops ‘Finding Your Roots’ episode featuring presidential candidate
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“At the beginning of a presidential candidacy, to be doing a valentine to one candidate, I just don’t think it’s a very smart thing to do,” said Oregon Public Broadcasting CEO Steve Bass.
Programs/Content
Work advances toward goal of education metrics database
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The effort will create “a national picture of the great work that public media is doing in education,” said Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Andrew MacCartney.
Programs/Content
WGBY campaign seeks funds to bolster public-affairs productions
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The fund honors late WGBY host and producer Jim Madigan and hopes to build upon his legacy.
Programs/Content
Connecticut Public video series features first-person stories of immigration
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“Home Movies: American Journeys” is the first in a local slice-of-life series to experiment with viewer engagement.
Programs/Content
To mark show’s 50th anniversary, ‘Sesame Street’ producer adds episodes to pubcasting archive
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More than 4,000 episodes of the show will be made available to the public over the next year.
Programs/Content
New MPR-backed site hopes to be ‘one-stop shop for all things immigrant’
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Support from Minnesota Public Radio is enabling a website covering the state’s immigrant communities to expand into a full-time venture for its founder.
Programs/Content
Alaska Public Media grant will enhance coverage of rural health
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The broadcaster received $500,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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NPR refreshes ‘Morning Edition’ music to update sound, appeal to new listeners
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Coming to the air in May, the new suite of music will “better reflect what ‘Morning Edition’ is today,” said NPR CEO Jarl Mohn.
Programs/Content
PBS eyes streaming agreements to address ‘profoundly important’ platform goals, Kerger says
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The PBS president told an audience at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour to “stay tuned” for possible announcements involving Sling TV and YouTube TV.
Programs/Content
Ohio’s WYSO to become independently owned
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The station will be owned by a nonprofit run by GM Neenah Ellis.