Quick Takes

  • NPR has tried to make it easier for listeners to offer feedback but still has work to do, says Ombudsman Jeffrey Dvorkin ...
  • “Whenever I’m not sure about something, the ethics of something, the question I ask myself is what would Murrow have done? What ...
  • “Beyond investigations, we must lay out a program for a new governance of PBS, one that is safely shielded from partisan hatchets,” ...
  • Marc Steiner has stepped down as executive v.p. for broadcast and production at WYPR-FM in Baltimore, reports the City Paper. Anonymous sources cite friction ...
  • A blogger and Bob Edwards fan reports that NPR barred Daniel Schorr from appearing on Edwards’ XM Satellite Radio show.
  • The Third Coast International Audio Festival has announced the winners of its annual radio documentary competition (but not the particular awards they ...
  • City weeklies often disdain the local public TV station, but not Nashville City Paper, which commented on the departure of Steve Bass, ...
  • It’s time to dump CPB and create a funding system independent of politics, Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) suggests. The liberal ...
  • Public Radio International will distribute Here and Now, a midday news program produced by WBUR-FM in Boston. The show airs on 40 stations.
  • The Boston Globe profiles Tom Ashbrook, host of NPR’s On Point: “Fans praise Ashbrook’s interruptions, his injection of urgency, his tendency to summarize guests’ points in ...
  • NTIA announced $21.4 million in Public Telecommunications Facilities Program grants yesterday, more than half for public TV digital conversion. Projects will bring ...
  • Bruce Drake will step down Sept. 30 as NPR’s v.p. of news. He will move on to help launch the network’s Local ...
  • A coalition of media reform groups called on CPB to completely open its board meetings, the best parts of which are generally ...
  • Blogger Rex Sorgatz has temporarily stopped selling T-shirts that say “A Prairie Ho Companion” after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from Garrison Keillor’s ...
  • “Tune in for a crash course in the sounds your favorite record store clerk was grooving to, like, two years ago,” says ...