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Science journalism awards for pubcasting
Pubcasters topped three of four electronic journalism categories in the 2010 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards announced today. NPR won for its ...Continuing live election coverage? Count on Alaska’s KTOO
KTOO-TV in Juneau, Alaska, is streaming coverage of the state’s midterm election recount to determine its next U.S. Senator. Visit the station’s 360North ...Layoffs hit KPFA, protests go on-air
The fight over staff cuts at Berkeley’s KPFA-FM has moved from the streets to the airwaves. A Nov. 8 decision by ...WNED gets cooking with return to live show
WNED’s popular live WNED Cooks is returning after six years, the Buffalo station says. A new show on “Family Favorites” airs from 11 a.m. ...KCET’s new programming features old favorites, Asian offerings
KCET in Los Angeles, which is cutting ties to PBS on Jan. 1 (Current, Oct. 18), announced early programming details to its members ...Triple-A convo set at new Wilmington branch of World Cafe music hall
Triple-A music’s 11th annual NON-COMMvention will be held next May 19-21 in a new branch of the WXPN-FM-affiliated music venue World Cafe Live, to be opened ...Colorado Public TV’s nonprofit news arm gets healthcare reporting grant
Colorado Public News, a nonprofit news project of Colorado Public Television/CPT12 in Denver, has received a $386,250 grant to cover the cost ...Former CPB Board chair suggests how to save funding
Cheryl Halpern, who headed the CPB Board from 2005 to 2007, writes about what she sees as “A last chance to save ...NTIA report says broadband usage increased sevenfold between ’01 and ’09
A study released Monday (Nov. 8) of 54,000 American households shows that between 2001 and 2009, broadband Internet use rose sevenfold, from ...Mashable tracks social media’s possible impact on Nov. 2 races
Here’s an interesting roundup on Mashable.com of how various social media sites may have figured into the midterm election results. For instance: ...Pittsburgh’s WQED finally marries off its sister station
After trying for years, WQED Multimedia is succeeding in selling its second TV channel, WQEX, the Post-Gazette reported today. Ion Media Networks will buy ...Where in the world is Red Green? Alaska!
Even in far-flung Fairbanks, Alaska, Red Green pulls in the fans. Nearly 200 lined up Sunday (Nov. 7) at Big Ray’s outfitters ...NPR’s Schiller: “We take these calls for defunding very, very seriously”
Today’s top story in the Daily Caller, the news website founded by former conservative TV pundit and PBS host Tucker Carlson, is ...New APTS president: Patrick Butler
The Board of Trustees for the Association of Public Television Stations on Sunday (Nov. 7) approved its search committee’s selection of board ...Correction on APTS appointment
This morning’s post regarding recently retired PBS Senior Vice President Pat Hunter’s appointment as the new APTS president was incorrect. Current is removing ...
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