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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 ...David Dye to leave ‘World Cafe’ host chair next spring
Dye will cut back to part-time and continue to contribute to the show.Producer reveals how disciplined story planning, authenticity made ‘Serial’ shine
At Third Coast, the producer of the smash-hit podcast candidly described the problems that hindered its second season.‘Big Footprint’ journalism coming from CPB-backed collaboration
Three joint licensees will share $500,000.Money, politics become catalysts for audio at Third Coast 2016 audio conference
As companies like Audible throw more resources into podcasts, radio producers are wrestling with what modern America sounds like.
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