Quick Takes
Open Court online access project now live
OpenCourt.us, one of the first initiatives in the nation to bring digital access to courtrooms, went live today (May 2). It’s a ...NPR selects Edward Schumacher-Matos as ombudsman
Edward Schumacher-Matos, a journalist, educator and columnist, is the new NPR ombudsman, the pubradio network announced today (April 29). He begins a ...Senate in South Carolina stands up to governor for pubcasting funding
The South Carolina Senate is fighting Gov. Nikki Haley’s move to defund public broadcasting in the state, reports The State newspaper. The GOP-controlled Senate ...NPR’s succession plan put Slocum at the top
When NPR general counsel Joyce Slocum took over after Vivian Schiller’s March departure, “the move was sudden, but not unscripted,” notes Law.com. ...FCC receiving complaints on proposed sale of WMFE-TV
Several residents of the Orlando, Fla., area have contacted the Federal Communications Commission with their concerns about the sale of WMFE-TV (Current, April ...PBS NewsHour autism series stirs vaccine controversy
The PBS NewsHour’s recent series on autism has reignited the debate on the role of vaccines in the childhood syndrome, reports the Los Angeles Times. It’s ...Overseas Press Club Awards recognize five pubmedia reporting efforts
Public media outlets scored five honors in this year’s Overseas Press Club Awards, announced today (April 28). — The Lowell Thomas Award ...3D sound to premiere on Studio 360
Three-dimensional sound! That’s what’s coming this weekend on Studio 360 from PRI and WNYC. The show says in a statement that this will be ...Minnesota pubcasting fans gather for Public Radio Day at capitol
It was Public Radio Day at the Minnesota State Capitol Wednesday (April 27), as supporters gathered to ask legislators to continue funding ...Jesse Thorn, waiting impatiently
What do young, up-and-coming public broadcasters dream about? The retirement of older public broadcasters. That’s one of the many topics that Jesse ...Proposed: a minute’s quiet for the campus stations silenced
A campus broadcaster group has called for its constituency to observe a national “Minute of Silence” Thursday at noon, Central time, on ...Viewers get to query Space Shuttle astronauts via NewsHour
Want to ask questions of the Space Shuttle Endeavour crew? PBS NewsHour, Google and YouTube are teaming up to give viewers that opportunity. The ...Remember the DTV transition? Here comes another one
The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) board, meeting in Washington in two weeks, will probably decide to go ahead with plans to ...Frontline retooling for a “post-broadcast future”
Frontline is concentrating on repositioning the investigative show for a “post-broadcast future,” reporting and packaging information in a multiplatform, digital-centered way. “As we ...Equipment grantmaker PTFP will stop making grants but continue monitoring those already awarded
CPB’s older sister in the federal grantmaking world, the Public Telecommunications Facilities Program, died a month ago in the midst of the ...
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