System/Policy
Drive for diversity demands courage, commitment
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“This is about more than just the bottom line,” says CPB’s Joseph Tovares.
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“This is about more than just the bottom line,” says CPB’s Joseph Tovares.
But Public McRadioface isn’t in the cards.
Free PBS water bottles and PBS PokeStop pins went to the first five people to show up.
The layoffs are in the digital and marketing department.
A move toward more consistent jazz programming drew a backlash but brought in new listeners.
But a new report also points out shortcomings in the two-year-old effort to strengthen joint reporting.
After scrambling to provide broadcast and online news coverage of the flood, the network is participating in a telethon benefiting Red Cross relief efforts.
The group raised another $1 million after reaching its initial goal in May.
Staffing cuts are putting support for the archives at risk.
Panelists at the Public Radio News Directors Inc. conference shared tips on recruiting and retaining people of color.
The network recently lost a foundation donor and a production contract, which totaled about 17 percent of the annual budget.
So far, 17 videos of support from stations nationwide have arrived at WUCF in Orlando.
Kerger noted that PBS and the funder “have come close” to agreement.
“The system of collaboration we are building requires more editors.”
Public media in the state is taking a blow from a dire funding crisis.
The number of licensees carrying debt ratios of more than 50 percent has nearly tripled since 2009, according to CPB’s latest “state of the system” report.
The campaign received donations from over 17,000 contributors.
The station’s general manager was trying to force a big conversation that he thought the system needed to have.
The university licensee receives 60 percent of its approximately $3.4 million annual budget from the state.
“This is one way for public media to develop alternative revenue streams,” WLVT CEO Tim Fallon said.