Programs/Content
NEPM, Latino Newsletter team up for election-focused media training
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Journalist Julio Ricardo Varela is guiding high school students as they report on the Latino vote in western Massachusetts.
What public radio can learn from pro wrestling’s loyal fan base
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“Sometimes, the most valuable insights come from looking beyond our immediate environment.”
People
Comings and goings: John Van Hoesen to retire from VPR, C.J. Janovy rejoins KCUR …
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Van Hoesen joined the station in 2001.
System/Policy
New Hampshire Public Radio staffers form union
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The staffers are seeking voluntary recognition of their union from CEO Jim Schachter.
Programs/Content
How the Hindsight Project built new relationships between Southern stations and BIPOC filmmakers
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“It’s BIPOC filmmakers telling stories from their own communities,” said Nick Price, series producer with Reel South. “It’s not people who are from outside the South coming in and telling what they conceive of the South.”
System/Policy
CPB board boosts CSG funds by delaying Healthy Network Initiative for second year
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Board member Ruby Calvert said setting aside the initiative for another year is “the right thing to do.”
Tech
Washington’s WHUT to play central role in partnership launching local ATSC 3.0 signals
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WHUT’s broadcast signal will get new equipment and a power boost to serve as the ATSC 3.0 host station, carrying not only its own programming but streams from four major commercial stations.
Programs/Content
What might have happened: NPR sells off cultural programming, new network dubbed ‘NPR Music & Entertainment’
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In an alternate reality in 1983, NPR President Frank Mankiewicz, desperate for cash, unloads the network’s arts programs on a consortium of major-market stations. Where would arts programming be today?
System/Policy
PBS FY22 budget increases station dues, spending on content and marketing
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PBS CFO and Treasurer Tom Tardivo said the new dues amount to a “modest increase.”
Featured in Category
Scott Tong named ‘Here & Now’ co-host
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Tong has worked for “Marketplace” for more than 16 years.
Featured in Category
Travis Hendryx appointed GM for Smoky Hills PBS
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Hendryx previously worked for newspapers in Kansas and radio stations in Texas.
People
Comings and goings: Paul Hunton joins PBS board, Amna Nawaz promoted to ‘NewsHour’ chief correspondent …
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Hunton fills the vacancy left by Kim Johnson, who resigned from the board and PBS12 in Denver.