Quick Takes
Wednesday roundup: PBS ombuds criticizes network’s treatment of Current; Poynter looks toward reinvention
Plus: A WXXI totebag tweets, and a Network Operations Center opens in Florida.Tuesday roundup: TPR volunteer invents story to meet Greene; NPR compiles commencement speeches
Plus: The New York Times profiles Sandra Tsing Loh, and public media still matter to the director of the Peabody Awards.Monday roundup: Idaho PTV’s strange debate, overstated “emergency” in CPBN fundraising email
Plus: The University of Missouri's j-school welcomes "institutional fellows," and Bill Buzenberg steps down from the Center for Public Integrity.Friday roundup: Matter announces third class, O’Brien wins PBS award
Plus: NPR's ombudsman explains what he's been up to, and Storycorps plays a hand in the Sept. 11 Memorial Museum.FCC green-lights rules for TV spectrum auctions
The FCC formally adopted rules today for the television spectrum auctions slated for mid-2015. Most of the provisions align with what the FCC has said ...Thursday roundup: Diane Rehm has no plans to retire, Big Bird is a documentary star
Plus: Free Speech Radio News sues Pacifica, and GPB announces another WRAS program.Wednesday roundup: Texas Tribune launches op-ed site, WRAS students protest GPB incursion
Plus: Celeste Headlee tells Current about plans for Middle Ground now that she has a new job.Tuesday roundup: Headlee joins GPB, revamped History Detectives premieres July 1
Plus: A Frontline filmmaker wins a WGBH fellowship, and Wait Wait makes a cameo on The Simpsons.Monday roundup: Tiny Desk Concerts heading to Roku, Carl Kasell’s greatest hits
Plus: PBS's retired longtime chief engineer receives a prestigious industry award.Friday roundup: WSJ profiles dapper Nippers; PBS unveils fall schedule
Plus: A PBS Kids app helps parents track screen time, and a KUOW story keeps it clean when discussing cow parts.Wednesday roundup: PBS Digital won’t pursue product placement; KUNM revisits plagiarism charge
Plus: Pubmedia's James Beard Award winners, and a "national conversation" about the future of the CBC.Tuesday roundup: PBS Digital Studios to launch scripted show; Innovation Hub goes national
Plus: An Atlanta-based fake news site really dislikes pledge drives.Monday roundup: PBS releases Peg + Cat album, AFI Docs to honor Gibney
Plus: A libertarian op-ed calls on pubradio listeners to open their wallets, and Pacifica faces yet another lawsuit.Friday roundup: Kansas spares pubcasting funding; letter sheds light on dismissal in Ga.
Plus: Vermont Public Radio spies a threat to its Montreal listeners, and another film draws from This American Life.Thursday roundup: Sweaters for public media, This American Life in the U.K.
Plus: NPR explains its analytics dashboard, and the Knight Foundation's interest in digital storytelling.
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