Programs/Content
6 overlooked tweaks to please your classical listeners
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Success is in the details. These straightforward adjustments to your station might make your sound more appealing.
Newsrooms ramp up audience engagement tactics for coronavirus coverage
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Public media’s largest and smallest newsrooms find that coverage shaped by listeners and readers invites more participation and builds trust.
Programs/Content
Station town halls on racial justice go virtual amid coronavirus concerns
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With social distancing making in-person conversations difficult, stations are turning to online platforms to engage with audiences around issues of race and policing.
Engagement
How PBS Utah is helping local book clubs confront challenging issues
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“The overwhelming response showed me that people don’t just want to be entertained and chat with their friends — they want to learn and grow. They want to engage and make a difference.”
Development
‘Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!’ album helps stations generate goodwill with donors
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Stations are taking advantage of the free album to build connections with their communities.
System/Policy
When one way of speaking dominates, who gets to tell their stories on public radio?
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A journalism school professor argues that NPR’s emphasis on unaccented English “undermines NPR’s original mission of engaging listeners civically.”
System/Policy
Three Maryland stations collaborate to form Delmarva Public Media
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Under the agreement, two stations will change format and drop NPR affiliation.
System/Policy
Why is public media so white?
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Current’s executive director calls for accountability on diversity, equity and inclusion. Making public media data accessible is a start.
People
Comings and goings: CPB boosts Gales Webb to VP of radio, Harvey promoted at WNET …
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Jacquie Gales Webb joined CPB in 2005.
System/Policy
Pandemic forces pubmedia’s interns to adjust to remote work, unsettled job market
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Some interns haven’t been able to use equipment and software they had at offices, while other early-career journalists are missing out on internship opportunities.
System/Policy
Houston Public Media eliminates 8 positions in downsizing spurred by pandemic
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Fifteen part-time staffers will also be affected.
System/Policy
Stations step up reporter safety after unexpected conflicts at protests
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Run-ins with police have prompted newsrooms to review their guidelines for reporting in dangerous situations.