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‘Snap Judgment’ to develop television show
The show will include animation, short stories and live storytelling.Michigan Radio PD will join NPR to focus on ‘local experience’ of streaming app
Tamar Charney will be the local editorial lead for NPR One.California public media stations team up for 2016 election coverage
KPCC, KQED, KPBS and Capital Public Radio have formed the California Counts Collaborative.Courage needs company: toward a weekly ‘Reveal’
Public media has a critical role to play in balancing the enormous deficit in public service journalism since the collapse of the ...Producer promises more to come from ‘Doc Martin’ beyond new season
“There are lots of stories we want to explore, and we want to do them well,” series producer Philippa Braithwaite told Current.‘American Masters’ pursues Latino audiences with events, social media efforts
The push centered on a documentary about influential photographer Pedro E. Guerrero.The news is served: How newsrooms can connect with communities
We can serve our neighbors and our world by involving them in the process from start to finish.U.S. public media steps up at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
The festival has become increasingly important for U.S.–based public media.‘American Masters’ gets $90,000 from NEA for new digital archives
Some 2,200 tapes of more than 800 artist interviews will be digitized and cataloged.Second season of ‘Serial’ drops
After much anticipation, a new episode of the podcast is in fans’ feeds.Could Facebook be the next big platform for podcasts?
WNYC is experimenting with sharing “audiograms” on social networks, taking advantage of Facebook’s new video player.Diane Rehm to retire next year
Rehm plans to retire sometime after next year’s presidential election.WBUR and The New York Times partner on ‘Modern Love’ podcast
The idea grew out of the station's internal innovation lab.Digital audience grows for NPR and stations, but live streaming stalls
The total hours of NPR podcasts downloaded rose 45 percent from fall 2014 to fall 2015.Climate-tracking project iSeeChange moves into second phase with new funding and partnerships
A new website for the project couples citizen observations with carbon dioxide data provided by NASA.
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