Programs/Content
‘Marketplace’ reporter fired after post questioning objectivity in journalism
The journalist believes public media’s standards for newsroom diversity and objective reporting are in conflict.‘Nova’ sets $2.25M stretch goal for first Kickstarter campaign
With crowd backing, a science special featuring David Pogue would be distributed to every U.S. high school.Public radio audience growth extends to live audio streams
Online listenership for news and talk is growing three times faster than for music.Public broadcasting archive assembles look at protest in America
The online exhibit is culled from more than 50 radio call-in shows, local newscasts, raw footage and interviews.ProPublica builds on election project with database Documenting Hate
Its latest reporting partnership will be an ongoing initiative to verify reports on hate crimes and collaborate on investigations.WNYC event series uses essays to frame discussions about race
“Dear President: What You Need to Know About Race” brings together unlikely pairings of speakers for micro-conversations about black experiences with racism. ...Illinois station develops hit true crime podcast
"Suspect Convictions" has been downloaded more than 600,000 times since its launch this month.MPT film on opioid addiction to air regionally on commercial stations
A newspaper coalition representing more than 100 publications and wire services also will cover the topic.Indiana stations work out system for sharing ‘ATC’ host
The arrangement between WFYI and WBAA is expected to free other newsroom staff to report and produce more feature stories.PBS SoCal preps for bigger role in national production
The PBS flagship for greater Los Angeles is nurturing ambitions to bring more ideas from Hollywood's creative community to public television.Peoria station marks debut of PBS Kids channel with party
Local childhood education experts, elected officials and even a skunk joined children at a special event recorded for later broadcast.Nonprofit news site will produce bilingual coverage of Nevada politics
Jon Ralston, host of a public TV series that was cancelled last year, plans to produce Spanish-language videos and text-based web coverage ...Press tour brings questions about federal funding, panel on ‘Vietnam’ soundtrack
PBS President Paula Kerger assures critics that stations are communicating with members of Congress about the importance of CPB funding.Launch of PBS Kids streaming channel reshapes multicast lineups
Stations must make room by dropping an existing subchannel, adjusting bandwidth or acquiring encoders to add an entirely new channel.Just two more seasons for public TV hit ‘Doc Martin’
The final season will be shot and broadcast in Britain in 2019 and will available here in 2020.
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