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PBS announces free streaming service for kids, with interactive games
Embedded interactive games will allow kids to switch between a program and a related educational activity.The Failure Show: What a talk show learned from three of its funniest failed interviews
“Don’t forego broadcast standards because ‘Let’s Stay Together’ is a great song.”‘This American Life’ episode on school segregation wins Polk Award
ProPublica and The Marshall Project also received an award for their joint reporting project.Tips from Ira Glass on making better radio
From the early days of This American Life, the show’s creator offers a peek into its approach to storytelling.Producers rethink children’s TV shows to appeal to digitally savvy youngsters
To keep pace, creators of new and legacy shows must think far beyond the television screen.Public TV pilot to feature performances from D.C. venue
Live at 9:30 Hosted by Squarespace will include live music, interviews, short films and comedy.NPR’s Scott Simon takes break to write book with Tony Bennett
Three guest hosts will take over for Simon on Weekend Edition during his six-week absence.Don’t ‘radiosplain’ and other ways to report on communities that aren’t your own
Reporting on communities that aren’t yours requires you to do more than just go to the soul food brunch or record a ...Public radio outlets publish guidelines for measuring podcast audience
A team of collaborators hopes to bring some consistency to podcast data.PBS will decide shortly on another season of ‘Mercy Street’
Online viewers watched 500,000 streams of Mercy Street within a week after its debut.Why public radio stations need to claim the podcast space
The popularity of Serial and other podcasts “represents a massive opportunity that could help save public radio as we know it.”Early ratings for PBS’s ‘Mercy Street’ show promise
The series’ Jan. 17 debut drew 3.3 million viewers.Carolina trio brings ‘Reel South’ documentary series to public TV
The program, which premiered this month, already has 71 percent national carriage.Music video platform VuHaus seeks continued growth with new grant
VuHaus has seen month-to-month audience growth since launching in May.Pipeline 2016: Our annual survey of national programs coming to public TV
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