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White House honors Decode DC‘s Andrea Seabrook as a “Champion of Change”
Andrea Seabrook, former Congressional correspondent for NPR, will be honored by the White House today as a "Crowdfunding Champion of Change."OK Go’s Tiny Desk concert makes for an epic NPR move
In a single video, for the song “All Is Not Lost,” rock band OK Go performed both the last-ever Tiny Desk concert ...Frank Lautenberg, pubcasting champion in the Senate, dies at 89
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), the last World War II veteran to serve in the Senate and a longtime supporter of public broadcasting, ...Off-duty deputy charged with murder in NewsHour shuttle driver shooting
Craig Patterson, the Sheriff's deputy in Arlington County, Va., who allegedly shot and killed PBS NewsHour shuttle driver Julian Dawkins May 22 ...Former Iowa Board of Regents head files open-meetings suits against IPR Board
Michael Gartner, a former president of the Iowa Board of Regents, has filed a 41-page lawsuit complaining that the Iowa Public Radio ...Electronic Frontier Foundation solicits help to battle podcasting lawsuit
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is waging a public battle against Texas-based technology company Personal Audio over a pending patent lawsuit over podcasts, ...Overnight and online, WDET turns listeners on to Detroit’s techno music
WDET-FM in Detroit drew on the Motor City’s musical heritage by devoting its overnight broadcast schedule to Alpha, a new music block ...Orlando Bagwell departing Ford Foundation, Cara Mertes to head its JustFilms
Cara Mertes, a past executive director of American Documentaries Inc., ex-e.p. of its POV and former programmer for WNET’s Independent Focus, will succeed Orlando Bagwell ...Downton producer ITV on a “spending spree” in U.S. reality production market, Variety reports
Britain’s ITV, production home of Masterpiece titles Downton Abbey and Mr. Selfridge, is on a “spending spree” in the United States, according to Variety. ITV just bought a ...ITVS responds to New Yorker story about documentaries on Koch
The Independent Television Service on Tuesday posted a statement in response to what it calls “the rising flow of misinformation surrounding Park Avenue: ...WNET hopes cheeky fake ads generate real contributions
Have you heard about that crazy new reality TV show, Knitting Wars? WNET in New York City is using that fake title and others ...Julian Dawkins, shuttle driver for PBS NewsHour, fatally shot in Virginia
Julian Dawkins, the shuttle driver for PBS NewsHour's Arlington, Va. employees, was fatally shot the night of May 21 in Alexandria, Va., ...YPPubmedia young professionals’ group welcomes first advisory board
YPPubmedia, a nonprofit group affiliated with DEI dedicated to “connecting young professionals in pubmedia to supportive national networks,” today announced members of ...Sesame Workshop partnering with educational publisher Teaching Strategies
Proclaiming that “it’s time for the positive impact of Sesame’s educational content to be felt in schools as well,” Sesame Workshop on Tuesday ...FCC to allow waivers for pubcasters to raise funds for tornado damage relief
The FCC announced on Tuesday procedures for noncommercial television and radio stations to raise money on the air to assist victims coping ...
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