“The Pub” Podcast
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‘The Pub’ #71: Lessons from KUOW’s abortive purchase of KPLU
Other stations can learn from KPLU’s shockingly successful bid for independence.‘The Pub’ #70: A reporter’s guide to getting arrested
WWNO reporter Ryan Kailath shares lessons he learned the hard way.‘The Pub’ #69: Code Switch chief Alicia Montgomery
Montgomery talks about the long-anticipated new Code Switch podcast and responds to criticisms of her unit from both the right and left.‘The Pub’ #68: Betcha can’t fix this script!
Editors play our game live at the Public Radio News Directors Inc. conference in St. Louis.‘The Pub’ #67: Rebecca Lavoie — public broadcaster, private podcaster
If you work at a station and you create a new show, does your station necessarily own it?‘The Pub’ #66: Newsbusters editor Tim Graham on NPR, Ploughshares and why conservatives feel left ...
Graham’s organization jumped on an ethically sticky funding situation at NPR.‘The Pub’ #65: Where the bleeps and bloops come from, live at The Greene Space
If you’ve ever heard some digital slurp, bloop or BOOM in a radio story and thought “How’d they make that?”, listen to ...‘The Pub’ #64: Five things bad interviewers do, with Celeste Headlee
Your interviewing skills may need help, and Headlee is here to assist you.‘The Pub’ #63: The ethics of foundation-supported journalism
Are journalists allowing themselves to be the instruments of policy advocacy?‘The Pub’ #62: Jay Rosen on his love-hate relationship with public media
Rosen is frustrated by how often reporters seem to cover controversies without trying to discover which side is right.‘The Pub’ #61: The case for PBS stations in a post-TV world
What’s the point of local TV stations when viewers can — and increasingly do — watch national programming online?‘The Pub’ #60: Adam hangs out with radio nerds
A wide-ranging discussion of podcasting from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference in Atlanta.‘The Pub’ #59: The case for NPR stations in a post-radio world
How do NPR and stations maintain a mutually beneficial coexistence?‘The Pub’ #58: Glenn Greenwald wants NPR journalists ‘to speak like a normal human being’
Greenwald argues that NPR’s impartiality standards are needless at best and dangerous at worst.‘The Pub’ #57: Music Rights 101 with The Current’s Leah Garaas
If you think music rights are a simple matter, you’re probably doing it wrong.
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