Programs/Content
With ‘Reel Midwest,’ Illinois’ WILL is latest public TV station to embrace indie docs
The new documentary showcase spotlights films with ties to the Midwest, including the BBC-backed "The Gun Shop."With two hosts at helm, ‘The Takeaway’ aims for depth and urgency in covering race ...
Tanzina Vega and Amy Walter tackle topics in ways that feel "like a much more open conversation."For his WBEZ podcast, a storyteller shares the spotlight to profile people ‘in a big ...
“I’ve done plenty of talking about my own troubles,” Shannon Cason said on the debut episode of "The Trouble." “But I want ...Alaska station’s forums ‘break down walls’ between community members
The winner of Current's Local That Works contest, Alaska Public Media's "Community in Unity" events tackled topics including racism, immigration and incarceration.Creating ‘After Paradise,’ a public radio show for Northern California’s fire-ravaged communities
How North State Public Radio's exhausted news staff and a veteran public radio journalist conceived, birthed and launched a half-hour daily show ...With generous help from volunteers, overextended California station creates local show about wildfire recovery
After the regional Society of Professional Journalists put out a call for journalists to help North State Public Radio's two-person newsroom, veteran ...WGBH collaboration with NASA to yield new resources for space education
Over 50 activities allow students of all ages to learn about complicated space phenomena.New PBS policy for overlap markets would tighten rules, give Passport to secondary stations
The proposed revisions to the Program Differentiation Plan are the first major update since 1995.‘Antiques Roadshow’ tweaks formula to keep viewers watching
“We’re making changes so that you'll still love it,” says Marsha Bemko, EP of PBS' most popular ongoing prime-time series.TV stations are getting more data, bigger audiences with end of Nielsen’s paper diaries
A long-promised change in how Nielsen measures TV audiences in some markets brings benefits for public stations.Kansas station’s zoo cams tap global appetite for animal-watching
KTWU's webcasts of tigers and giraffes are pulling in YouTube ad income and finding fans in Germany, Japan and Bangladesh.KALW’s ‘The Intersection’ goes deep by staying in one place
The radio show and podcast, a finalist in Current's Local that Works contest, explores a changing San Francisco through the people and ...WGBY community texting program champions early childhood literacy
Text 413 Families brings innovative educational experiences to parents' fingertips.Upcoming ‘Nova’ documentary examines history, future of violence in human society
The two-hour film is scheduled to air in November 2019.KUT removes freelancer’s coverage of its newsroom from website
Managing Editor Matt Largey told news staff that attorneys advised KUT to withdraw the stories from its website, according to three staffers. ...
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