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How NPR One data points to new ways of thinking about local content
The app’s acting managing director breaks down what NPR is learning about the performance of newscasts, podcasts and feature stories.DuPont-Columbia awards recognize outstanding journalism, and other awards in public media
Public TV’s “Frontline” received a duPont for its reporting on Syria and Iraq, including the program “Children of Syria.”With Made Here initiative, Vermont PBS homes in on ‘locally sourced’ programming
The initiative aims to put more Vermont in Vermont PBS.Spanish-language multicaster Vme will soon drop public TV service
The channel is transitioning to commercial cable.Collaborations between public broadcasters, nonprofit news outlets can boost impact but come with challenges
Partnering with public media organizations can add stability and enable growth that nonprofit news outlets may not be able to achieve independently. ...Want to be good for democracy? Be better at democracy
The founder of Hearken argues that the processes by which most journalism is created are not nearly as democratic as they could ...Focus on opportunity before location when starting out in public radio
Recruiters, our audience and other public radio professionals answer a reader’s question about where to begin a career.Disagreement over Christopher Kimball’s new show boils over into litigation
The complicated public breakup involves several public broadcasting organizations.NPR, stations to partner on state government and politics reporting
The partnership is open to all interested member stations.With new host Rachel Martin, ‘Morning Edition’ plans to focus on places ‘we haven’t paid ...
Martin says she also wants the show to be more comfortable sounding live.Teachers in new ‘Science Friday’ collaboration draw from show, and give back
Six K-12 STEM educators are collaborating with the public radio program on new ways to teach science in school.Five tips for stations getting into digital video (and why it’s essential)
“If you’re a public media station, you should be making local, digital video content. Period.”Producer alleges copyright infringement in PBS ‘Navy Seals’ documentary
Also named in the complaint are California stations PBS SoCal, KVCR and KLCS.How three podcast apps measure up: 60dB, RadioPublic and NPR One
Which will pass the Rich Roll Test?Columbia University acquires archival recordings of Bob Fass’s ‘Radio Unnameable’
The reel-to-reel tapes preserve “a moment in broadcasting that might not come again — when an individual producer got to make the ...
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