Programs/Content
PRX will take over distribution of two Wisconsin radio shows
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PRI currently distributes the programs.
Programs/Content
New podcast documents a changing Nashville with collaborative verse
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With help from a Public Radio Exchange training program, “Versify” is finding fodder for a podcast in a series of community events.
Programs/Content
Midwest nonprofit news outlet seeks to boost engagement-based journalism
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The engagement fellow will focus on diversifying MCIR’s audience by involving community members in the newsroom’s editorial process and fostering conversations about its coverage.
Programs/Content
ThinkProgress editor Zack Ford on how public radio covers LGBT issues
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“I don’t really care if NPR comes off as politically biased one way or the other, because what I care about is that people’s lives are on the line and that the truth is on the line.”
Programs/Content
PBS ‘opened a door’ to other projects with ‘Mercy Street,’ chief programmer says
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PBS’s Beth Hoppe said her team is eyeing other American dramas.
Programs/Content
Public radio’s ‘Indivisible’ looks for common ground in post-Trump political climate
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Running for the first 100 days of the Trump presidency, the show wants to break down stereotypes and misperceptions by soliciting personal stories, not rants, from listeners across the country.
Programs/Content
Localore report sees public media’s future in live events
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Among the report’s findings is that social platforms — such as church services, hot-dog wagons and food pantries — are as important as social media for the future of public media.
Programs/Content
Survey of classical stations finds aging workforce, eagerness for digital expansion
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The study by the Classical Music Rising initiative identifies a need for training and more diverse staffing.
Programs/Content
Pipeline 2017: Our annual survey of national programs coming to public TV
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Current’s latest survey on upcoming public television productions looks ahead at the river of content from PBS signature series, independent producers, minority consortia and public TV stations.
Programs/Content
WAMU’s ‘1A’ sees early carriage gains
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The program has already surpassed its predecessor in broadcast reach.
Programs/Content
Funding woes prompt PBS to kill off ‘Mercy Street’
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The program set in a Civil War hospital was PBS’s first original drama since 2004.
Programs/Content
New PBS films revisit war histories with present-day perspective
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With examinations of Vietnam and the Great War, the documentarians are focusing on stories to help younger viewers understand today’s conflicts.
Programs/Content
Why the podcast boom has yet to hit Mexico — and why it needs to
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“We have to keep on telling very Mexican stories. … We have to tell our stories.”
Programs/Content
How questioning journalism’s role post-Trump got Lewis Wallace fired
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“I made a decision that was very personal, very based on my own instincts about what was right and necessary in this kind of scary political moment.”
Programs/Content
Story time at the Azteca Boxing Club: Daniel Alarcón on the origins of ‘Radio Ambulante’
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In an excerpt from a new book, the executive producer of the Spanish-language show and podcast recalls the convoluted journey from a boxing gym to a moving story.
Programs/Content
Orchestra’s live soundtrack to ‘All Things Considered’ merged old-school with high-tech
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The National Symphony Orchestra’s guest spot on “ATC” mingled Facebook Live with a gambit from radio’s Golden Age.
Awards
APTS honors Diane Rehm, Public Broadcasting Act author at Public Media Summit
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And more awards in public media.
Programs/Content
Judy Woodruff says VP Pence sees benefits of public media
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Pence “values his experiences with public media,” Woodruff said at the APTS Public Media Summit.
Programs/Content
Beyond-broadcast strategies key to survival of local public TV stations
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The ability to manage all aspects of the video ecosystem presents new challenges for public broadcasters.
Programs/Content
Southwest border journalism hub receives $50K from Ford Foundation
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The grant will support reporting on inequality and marginalization along the U.S.–Mexico border.