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The potential of AI voices: transforming news delivery and engagement

By Michael Crystal, Author (Generative AI in the Newsroom) | 21 mins ago

With advancements from OpenAI and Meta, newsrooms may adapt and build new features to enhance the reader and listener experience.

Kentucky Public Radio’s recipe for a statewide voter guide success

By Justin Hicks, Data Reporter (Kentucky Public Radio/Louisville Public Media) | 20 hours ago

It takes some planning to create a voter guide that geolocates users, but the payoff is entirely worth it.

Pubmedia employees’ donations to political candidates skew left, favor progressives

By Spencer Nusbaum, Former Editorial Intern | October 30, 2020

A review of FEC records found donations from more than 1,200 public media employees across 275 organizations.

Comings and goings: Roesler to leave APM, Major Market Group and Small Station Association announce board chairs …

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | October 29, 2020

Roesler has held several roles at American Public Media and Minnesota Public Radio since joining in 2001.

Indian Country Today expands into TV with weekday news show

By Grace George, Former Editorial Intern | October 29, 2020

ICT’s eponymous program covers breaking news, politics, COVID-19 data and popular culture relating to Indigenous communities.

Steve Youngwood elected CEO of Sesame Workshop, Sherrie Westin named president

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | October 28, 2020

Youngwood and Westin will take over for Jeffrey Dunn, who will retire in June.

The ‘Local that Works’ — and what’s still needed

By Howard Husock, Senior Fellow (American Enterprise Institute) | October 28, 2020

“The presence of frontline reporters throughout the country provides a different sort of opportunity for public media journalism: to surprise, to uncover, to find not just the local angle but the issues that are most engaging local citizens and might be of broader interest as well.”