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Journalism panel to discuss myths about news media
Tom Rosenstiel of the Pew’s Project for Excellence in Journalism will discuss the latest State of the News Media report during a ...WNET’s first 3D series, with DirecTV, premiering this weekend
WNET in New York City and DirecTV are announcing the premiere U.S. broadcast of their “Treasure Houses of Britain in 3D,” WNET’s ...Need to transport turkey chicks? Call North County Public Radio
Ellen Rocco, station manager at North County Public Radio in Canton, N.Y., writes today (March 23) on the station’s blog about how ...Loss of federal aid will stifle diversity, innovation in public media
As the political battle over federal aid to public broadcasting focuses narrowly on NPR, two public media leaders describe what’s most vulnerable ...Why does Gowalla matter?
The National Center for Media Engagement explains why today (March 23), in its first of five postings exploring the use of social ...Beyond brand, editorial narrative important in era of paywall news, Bole says
Pubmedia thought leader Rob Bole has posted on his Public Purpose Media blog his presentation for Media Future Now on new forms ...Regional WAMC raises $188K for Japan disaster relief
In a special one-day fund drive, WAMC Northeast Public Radio raised more than $188,000 for disaster relief in Japan. The station, based ...University of Alabama buys WHIL-FM for $1.1 million
The University of Alabama purchased WHIL-FM from Spring Hill College on Monday (March 21) for $1.1 million, pending federal approval, reports the Press-Register. ...NPR’s Twitter connections “left of center,” Duke data shows
An analysis of NPR’s connections on Twitter “shows it has the sort of network you’d expect to see from a left-of-center person ...Forget local when shooting for national distribution, filmmaker says
PubTV station relations consultant Jennifer Owensby Sanza, who produced “The Teachings of Jon” about her brother and his challenges with Down syndrome, ...Pubcasters advise FCC to “carefully evaluate” any channel-sharing proposals
The G4 — the Association of Public Television Stations, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Public Television Service and National Public Radio — on ...“Civil War” April rebroadcast will premiere on mobile media
The first episode of “The Civil War” by Ken Burns will debut on the free PBS for iPad and PBS App for ...No comment on KSMQ president’s departure; board announces search for replacement
The board of directors for Austin, Minn.-based KSMQ Public Television announced today (March 21) that they are looking a new station president ...Detroit PTV opening second studio in heart of city
Detroit Public Television is opening a satellite studio in the heart of Detroit, in the historic Maccabees Building — former home to ...Who will be affected, and by how much, in House bill to defund pubradio programming
An analysis of HR 1076, the bill to prohibit federal funding for National Public Radio that won House approval on a March ...
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