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#MuckReads a new “experiment in social aggregation” for ProPublica
ProPublica has launched the Twitter stream #MuckReads, a way for readers, reporters and editors to share public-service news stories. The nonprofit investigative ...News 21 project expands to include all journalism schools
News 21, a journalism education project launched in 2005 at five j-schools, will be available to all journalism and mass communications programs ...FCC report picks up on AIR’s push for airtime, funding for radio indies
The FCC’s latest report “The Information Needs of Communities” may be long on verbiage and short on remedies, but it does offer ...Radio Bilingüe announces suspension of LA>Forward, LAPM initiatives
Fresno, Calif., broadcaster Radio Bilingüe has suspended the LAForward and Los Angeles Public Media projects “for the foreseeable future,” it announced Wednesday ...MinnPost, Voice of San Diego get very little web traffic, report reveals
MinnPost and Voice of San Diego — two online nonprofit news outlets often held up as models for the future of local ...City Council drops idea for new Chattanooga Channel
The City Council in Chattanooga, Tenn., has voted down a plan to contribute $275,000 to WTCI/Tennessee Valley PBS to launch a Chattanooga ...WMFE pubradio safe, “hugely viable,” trustee president says
Despite WMFE’s dire warnings to the FCC about its financial stability, trustees chairman Bob Showalter said the Orlando, Fla., station will not ...BBC working on live reporting app
The BBC is developing an app for its reporters in the field to file video, still photos and audio directly into the ...Assessing the value of college radio in Nashville
What is lost when a city’s college radio station is sold and converted to a public radio outlet? It’s a question that ...Burns “surprised” to be identified as regular contributor to Olbermann’s new show
Lefty TV talker Keith Olbermann announced last month that PBS documentarian Ken Burns would be a “key contributor” and “regular part” of ...Pledge programming will erode pubcasting identity and mission, Fanning says
David Fanning, executive producer of Frontline, raised his concerns about public broadcasting on-air fundraising while accepting Quinnipiac University’s Fred Friendly First Amendment Award ...Nine pubradio outlets win national Murrows from RTDNA
NPR, Vermont Public Radio, and Austin’s KUT led public radio news outlets in National Edward R. Murrow Awards announced today by ...PBS, NPR websites score multiple Webbys
The websites for PBS and NPR took home several Webbys from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences at ceremonies Monday ...“Diagnosis sound, remedies lacking” in FCC report, Jessica Clark writes
Media analyst Jessica Clark says that consensus on the “Information Needs of Communities” report from the Federal Communications Commission seems to be, ...Daytona State “just can’t afford” to keep PBS affiliation, college president says
The board of trustees at Daytona State College could vote to drop PBS programming from affiliate WDSC at its Thursday (June 16) ...
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