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Brooke Gladstone on Trump and ‘the infallibility of our democracy’
A new book from the host of public radio’s “On the Media” explores the president’s tactics for manipulating the press.Looking beyond Chicago, ‘The 21st’ aims to create conversations among Illinois listeners
Niala Boodhoo, host of the daily talk show from Illinois Public Media, explains how it’s using social media to feed into on-air ...A new way to keep Current: Introducing our digital subscriptions
Unlike many trade journals, Current has never charged readers for online access. But that’s no longer an option.Public TV painter Bob Ross appears in online video game
Ross is a skin for the “Smite” character Sylvanus, one of the game’s gods.A eulogy for Free Speech Radio News
“Its great editorial strength was always its emphasis on boots-on-the-ground reporting by people who really knew the textures of their communities.”NPR to consolidate digital teams in Washington
NPR Digital Services will move from Boston to D.C. this fall.How NPR’s Research, Archives & Data Strategy team is saving sounds of the past for ...
NPR’s audio archive is not a history book, but history is “etched in the voices that gave these decades their vitality.”Producers find Localore events help bridge divides
An AIR report argues that live events are important to public media to raise awareness and support and find crucial voices that ...Survey by kids’ podcasts group sheds light on listening habits
Kids not only listen frequently — sometimes re-listening to episodes multiple times — but engage deeply with the content.‘Washington Week’ picks Ifill successor
With “Washington Post” reporter Robert Costa on board, WETA continues its search for a “PBS NewsHour” co-host.American Archive enlists public in fixing transcripts with correction game
FIX IT asks players to correct transcripts as they compare them to the original audio.Among Steve Bannon’s filmmaking oeuvre, two documentaries sought a public TV audience
Now in a White House aiming to defund public broadcasting, Bannon was an executive producer of films produced by former CPB exec ...Peabody Awards go to pubmedia documentary filmmakers
Public media accounted for five of the 12 winners in the category.NPR aims to stop operating its Berlin station
The network hopes the new operator will continue airing NPR programming, however.KQED shares news, gathers feedback through partnership with Nextdoor
The San Francisco station is posting hyperlocal news and interacting with Bay Area residents as one of the social networking site’s first ...
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