Programs/Content
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.
Why public media must support colleagues in the path of climate disasters
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We in public media often refer to our little world as “the system.” If we are, in fact, an interdependent system, fundraising to support fellow stations and staffers in distress is the kind of thing we can do to prove it.
Obituaries
Larry Bensky, correspondent and anchor for KPFA and Pacifica, dies at 87
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“Larry’s brand of journalism — personality along with in-depth reporting — was a model for countless reporters and hosts coming up in the early days of community radio,” says Youth Radio founder Ellin O’Leary.
System/Policy
Wife of lawmaker critical of Arkansas PBS joins network’s governing board
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Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced May 6 she had appointed Maria Sullivan to the Arkansas Educational Television Commission.
System/Policy
NPR, stations object to proposed FCC rules on reporting outages
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More filing requirements would strain already limited resources, the broadcasters said in comments to the commission.
System/Policy
Public eye on NPR spurred editorial additions, says Chapin
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With NPR in the news, questions circulated about what the network wanted to do and what would be helpful, said Editor in Chief Edith Chapin.
People
Comings and goings: GBH News GM Pam Johnston to step down, Radio Bilingüe announces staff changes …
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Pam Johnston has worked as GBH’s GM of news since 2020 after years of working for “Frontline.”
Programs/Content
New MPR initiative aims to ‘make news more approachable’ for younger audiences
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With Reverb, “we want to reach as many people as possible and explain it in a way that is easy to understand and that’s not intimidating to our audience,” says reporter Nicole Ki.
Programs/Content
It’s time for public radio to fix problems in its foundation
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Like homeowners who delayed plumbing repairs to their mid-century modern house, public radio needs to act now to renovate its broadcast-centered revenue model.
Tech
Four more public media stations receive Next Generation Warning System funding
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Two of the stations serve Indigenous audiences.
Development
April CDP Index: High-dollar giving boosts revenue in early 2024
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Along with high-dollar giving, a stable sustainer population for radio stations and a growing sustainer pool for TV stations and joint licensees are driving revenue growth.
Programs/Content
NPR will add 11 staff to ‘strengthen’ editorial team
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“We need new structures that enable us to see across the entirety of our journalism and think about our overall coverage strategically,” said Edith Chapin, CCO, SVP and editor in chief.