Programs/Content
Brooke Gladstone on Trump and ‘the infallibility of our democracy’
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A new book from the host of public radio’s “On the Media” explores the president’s tactics for manipulating the press.
Programs/Content
Looking beyond Chicago, ‘The 21st’ aims to create conversations among Illinois listeners
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Niala Boodhoo, host of the daily talk show from Illinois Public Media, explains how it’s using social media to feed into on-air discussions.
About Current
A new way to keep Current: Introducing our digital subscriptions
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Unlike many trade journals, Current has never charged readers for online access. But that’s no longer an option.
Quick Takes
Public TV painter Bob Ross appears in online video game
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Ross is a skin for the “Smite” character Sylvanus, one of the game’s gods.
Programs/Content
A eulogy for Free Speech Radio News
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“Its great editorial strength was always its emphasis on boots-on-the-ground reporting by people who really knew the textures of their communities.”
Programs/Content
NPR to consolidate digital teams in Washington
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NPR Digital Services will move from Boston to D.C. this fall.
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
How NPR’s Research, Archives & Data Strategy team is saving sounds of the past for the future
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NPR’s audio archive is not a history book, but history is “etched in the voices that gave these decades their vitality.”
Programs/Content
Producers find Localore events help bridge divides
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An AIR report argues that live events are important to public media to raise awareness and support and find crucial voices that may be missing from reporting.
Programs/Content
Survey by kids’ podcasts group sheds light on listening habits
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Kids not only listen frequently — sometimes re-listening to episodes multiple times — but engage deeply with the content.
Programs/Content
‘Washington Week’ picks Ifill successor
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With “Washington Post” reporter Robert Costa on board, WETA continues its search for a “PBS NewsHour” co-host.
Programs/Content
American Archive enlists public in fixing transcripts with correction game
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FIX IT asks players to correct transcripts as they compare them to the original audio.
Programs/Content
Among Steve Bannon’s filmmaking oeuvre, two documentaries sought a public TV audience
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Now in a White House aiming to defund public broadcasting, Bannon was an executive producer of films produced by former CPB exec Michael Pack.
Awards
Peabody Awards go to pubmedia documentary filmmakers
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Public media accounted for five of the 12 winners in the category.
Programs/Content
NPR aims to stop operating its Berlin station
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The network hopes the new operator will continue airing NPR programming, however.
Programs/Content
KQED shares news, gathers feedback through partnership with Nextdoor
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The San Francisco station is posting hyperlocal news and interacting with Bay Area residents as one of the social networking site’s first media partners.
WBUR
Boston’s WBUR to launch investigative unit
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WBUR plans to hire three journalists to tackle stories such as opioid addiction, climate change and immigration.
Programs/Content
‘The Pub’ #92: Jacqui Helbert and the ethical hazards of university stations
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A cautionary tale of what goes wrong when a licensee doesn’t affirm the editorial independence of the newsroom.
Awards
ICIJ, NPR, Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting win IRE honors, and other awards
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Other award winners include independent producer Jenni Monet, Reveal’s Will Evans and WFAE’s Lisa Worf.
Programs/Content
New NPR podcast ‘Up First’ will provide early look at day’s news
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The podcast, which features the hosts of “Morning Edition” and NPR reporters, launches Wednesday.
Programs/Content
WGBH to open news desk at AIR headquarters
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Beginning Tuesday, a reporter will rotate into a three-week assignment at the Association of Independents in Radio headquarters in Fields Corner, part of the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester.