Tech
The potential of AI voices: transforming news delivery and engagement
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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
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It takes some planning to create a voter guide that geolocates users, but the payoff is entirely worth it.
System/Policy
CPB receives FY23 raise, denied emergency relief
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The corporation, which had sought $50 million in increased appropriations, got a $10 million bump.
People
Comings and goings: Robert Costa leaving ‘Washington Week’, Gunjan Kedia joins PBS board …
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Costa will co-write a book with Bob Woodward about President Trump and President-elect Joe Biden.
Featured in People
Shari Lamke hired to lead Pioneer PBS
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Lamke previously held production management and director roles at TPT in St. Paul, Minn.
Tech
Public TV advocates hail FCC ruling on ATSC 3.0
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The commission is giving noncommercial TV stations a break on several rules and fees, a move that public broadcasters hope will lead to increased datacasting opportunities.
System/Policy
WNET’s plan to address diversity and inclusion leaves some employees feeling shut out
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As management resets its approach for improving workplace culture, an employee-led group that pressed for change moves to the sidelines.
Programs/Content
Amid the pandemic, ‘Ear Hustle’ pivots to covering COVID within prison’s walls
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“Ear Hustle has done several tough interviews before, but this is my toughest.”
People
Public Broadcasting Atlanta names Jennifer Dorian CEO
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Dorian previously worked as GM of Turner Classic Movies.
Featured in Category
PRX taps Janetta Stringfellow as CDO
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Stringfellow was a producer before she began working in development.
Programs/Content
With Nieman fellowship, NPR’s Anjuli Sastry will tell immigrants’ stories, create mentorship guide
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The “It’s Been a Minute” producer is one of 12 Nieman Visiting Fellows for 2021 and the only one working in public radio.
