Quick Takes
Independence or merger for Pittsburgh’s WDUQ?
The editorial pages of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have become a battleground over the future of WDUQ, the NPR News and jazz station ...Peabody Awards across the nation for public broadcasting
Pubcasters are celebrating lots of George Foster Peabody Awards today. PBS received six — double the amount won by any other ...Marketplace host turned blogger bids farewell
Scott Jagow, author of Marketplace‘s Scratch Pad blog since last February, will write his final post today. “The grant paying for my ...“Eyes on the Prize” triumphs over copyright complications
The critically acclaimed documentary Eyes on the Prize is returning to PBS next month. DVDs will also be available for the first ...New Jersey governor endorses spinoff of NJN
Two years ago New Jersey Network leaders couldn’t get the state to transfer operation of the network to a nonprofit, as Oregon ...PubTV in New Hampshire part of state broadband request
New Hampshire Public Television is part of a $66 million broadband grant proposal, reports the New Hampshire Business Review. The request is ...Nonprofits can’t revive journalism, media analyst insists
Can nonprofit news orgs step up and rescue American journalism? CPB just announced five local journalism centers in one of many efforts ...Wildlife engineering challenge for Public Radio Delmarva
A family ospreys nesting on an antenna tower are disrupting broadcasts of Public Radio Delmarva, which serves the Eastern shore of Maryland. ...Pubmedia mapping projects should mesh, analyst says
Public media entities need to better work together to coordinate mapping efforts, writes Jessica Clark, director of the Center for Social Media’s ...NPR’s Schiller is keynote speaker at “Transforming Journalism” event today
NPR President Vivian Schiller will give the keynote address at today’s “Transforming Journalism: The State of the News Media 2010” event. It’s ...CPB news initiative announcement program now online
The big announcement of CPB’s five local journalism centers last week at the Newseum is now available for online viewing. Access the ...Rifts widen, again, at KPFK in Los Angeles
What will become of Pacifica’s KPFK, wracked as it is by infighting over its programming, fundraising tactics and the process of selecting ...Indiana’s WNIT to move from Elkhart to South Bend
WNIT in Elkhart, Ind., soon will double its space in a new location in South Bend. When it moves May 3 it’ll ...A positive ‘Wow’ from a critic of journalism-as-usual
Pat Aufderheide, advocate for Public Media 2.0 at American University, says in a blog that she loved every minute of CPB’s Local ...WGBH steps into the future with mobile DTV simulcasts
WGBH is going where no station has gone before: This week it launched the first mobile DTV service in the system. The ...
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