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Southern California Public Radio receives $500,000 CPB grant for podcast studio
The grant will help SCPR's LAist Studios serve younger and more diverse audiences.As mob breached Capitol, Lisa Desjardins ‘took a moment to really calm myself’ during long ...
The “NewsHour” correspondent crouched behind a barrier and continued reporting as police confronted rioters near the balcony of the House chamber.Why parents are celebrating the departure of PBS’ ‘Caillou’
"Pretty much everything on PBS is better than 'Caillou.'"Amid the pandemic, ‘Ear Hustle’ pivots to covering COVID within prison’s walls
"Ear Hustle has done several tough interviews before, but this is my toughest."With Nieman fellowship, NPR’s Anjuli Sastry will tell immigrants’ stories, create mentorship guide
The "It’s Been a Minute" producer is one of 12 Nieman Visiting Fellows for 2021 and the only one working in public ...WUSF website reinforces connections with Tampa arts community
“It's still a work in progress," says GM Joanne Urofsky. "But we're really proud of what we've launched."NPR story on ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ namesake inspires listeners to give back on Thanksgiving
A crowdfunding campaign benefiting Alice Brock, who needed help with living expenses, raised more than $125,000 in 24 hours.New England Public Media teams up with Merriam-Webster on podcast for word nerds
“Our goal is to help people understand and use language better,” said Lisa Schneider, Merriam-Webster’s chief digital officer and publisher. “I think ...First podcast from Kentucky’s WKMS aims to challenge views of Middle America
“What constitutes Middle America, rural America, small-town America?”KUTX podcast explores pandemic’s impact on Austin’s live music scene
Launched in September, "Pause/Play" is the station's most popular podcast to date.MPR receives $250,000 grant to expand community engagement
MPR plans to hire a community engagement officer and hold diversity trainings for newsroom staff.Microsoft grants aid journalism in public media newsrooms
Broadcasters will use the funds to support interns and expand coverage of the pandemic, health care, criminal justice and other topics.Alec Baldwin is moving his podcast from WNYC to iHeartRadio
The last episode of "Here's the Thing" as a WNYC podcast was released this week.How Wisconsin Public Radio is using surveys to track diversity of its sources
By inviting people who appear on air to share their demographic data, WPR created a way to accurately measure the diversity of ...Pipeline 2021: Our annual survey of shows coming to public TV
Current’s latest survey of new programs coming to public TV provides a snapshot of 117 productions in the works for national distribution.
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