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NPR creates investigative team for breaking news
NPR received $1 million from a donor to support its investigative journalism.CPB funds major research project on teenage media usage
Findings will help public media’s content creators and stations connect with school-aged children and teens.Get inspired with our huge list of local content and engagement projects
Stations and nonprofit news organizations have submitted more than 350 projects to our Local That Works competitions. See what they've been up ...Neglected beats get a boost as more newsrooms take on Report for America members
More than 35 public media outlets will add reporting capacity this year with help from the AmeriCorps-styled nonprofit initiative.With a community fair, California’s CapRadio tests a new approach to local reporting
By teaming up with an elementary school, the station drew out residents' memories and thoughts about an often misunderstood neighborhood.With televised lessons, Oklahoma station helps to keep fading Cherokee language alive
RSU Public TV in Claremore is working with the Cherokee Nation on the semester-long class, which students can take for college credit.Programmers work to free PBS’ back catalog from lockdown
Some stations have been surprised to learn that snags with usage windows are blocking their access to previously aired shows.‘The World’ receives CPB grant for project on young Latino voters
Reporters at public radio stations will contribute to "Every 30 Seconds."PBS extends thematic programming strategy with summer focus on pioneering women
At the Television Critics Association press tour, chief programming executive Perry Simon said the themed shows can help PBS "best stand out ...PBS greenlights ‘Donkey Hodie,’ new children’s series from Fred Rogers Productions
The puppet show, debuting next year, features one of the characters from the original "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood."NPR winds down active posting to The Salt food blog
NPR has seen “little uptake in audience recognition of most of our blog brands,” according to its chief science editor.PBS stations roll out localized live streams on YouTube TV
Cord-cutters in more than 75% of TV households can access PBS and station content through public TV’s first deal with a subscription ...How ‘Nightly Business Report’ defined daily business coverage on television
The founding executive editor reflects on the program's origins in a vastly different television landscape.PRX podcast network will seek to ‘reach young audiences where they are’
Debuting next year, the TRAX network will cater to tweens.How public radio can build on its hidden strengths to solve podcasting’s biggest challenges
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