System/Policy
New agreement gives KALW nonprofit more control of station
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The San Francisco station plans to transition some contract workers to full-time.
Public media owners agree to sell Pocket Casts podcast platform
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The plan to sell Pocket Casts is in “early stages of development,” according to an NPR spokesperson.
Diversity
An antiracist future: a vision and plan for the transformation of public media
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“This effort is the result of more than 200 people in public media coming together to identify the primary obstacles to anti-racist public media and create a vision for transformation.”
Obituaries
Former KCET president Bill Kobin dies at 91
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During a storied career, Kobin helped launch seminal programs for NET and led KCET to “comeback story” status.
System/Policy
PBS distances itself from former staff attorney ensnared in Project Veritas sting
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A video of the former employee includes “hateful rhetoric” that violates PBS’ values, the network said.
Programs/Content
Public radio stations call on New York Times to take responsibility for ‘lapses in judgment’
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Station leaders and the Public Radio Program Directors Association are questioning the Times’ damage control related to its podcast “Caliphate.”
Podcasts
Southern California Public Radio receives $500,000 CPB grant for podcast studio
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The grant will help SCPR’s LAist Studios serve younger and more diverse audiences.
People
Comings and goings: Olivia Wong joins APT, Whitney Maddox named DEI manager for NPR …
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Wong recently worked as communications lead for WETA in Washington, D.C.
People
Robert Siegel tests positive for COVID-19
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The former “All Things Considered” host said he has a “pretty mild” case.
Programs/Content
As mob breached Capitol, Lisa Desjardins ‘took a moment to really calm myself’ during long day of coverage
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The “NewsHour” correspondent crouched behind a barrier and continued reporting as police confronted rioters near the balcony of the House chamber.
Programs/Content
Why parents are celebrating the departure of PBS’ ‘Caillou’
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“Pretty much everything on PBS is better than ‘Caillou.'”
People
NPR appoints Leora Hanser as development chief
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“Her twenty-year career has been driven by a passion for public service, in pursuit of equity and equality for all,” said CEO John Lansing.