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.
People
Comings and goings: Brad Turner named EP at KUNC, Aspen Public Radio announces new morning host …
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Turner will lead KUNC’s daily news podcast and contribute to other newsroom projects.
Programs/Content
How a new tool is helping stations boost election coverage
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ElectUp “gives newsrooms an efficient way to organize and present” election information “that feels very intuitive.”
System/Policy
House hearing on NPR bias brings criticism from Republicans, but praise for local stations
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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers said the committee will “investigate the allegations against NPR and take appropriate action based upon what we find.”
Programs/Content
WVIA bets big to build local newsroom with ‘boots on the ground’
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The station’s board authorized a drawdown from an endowment to reinvent WVIA’s service to northeast Pennsylvania.
Featured in Category
Why two young philanthropists are building a new media ecosystem
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We’ve spent the last five years using our perspective as scientists and funders not only to figure out why exceptional independent creators make the things they make, but to create an ecosystem that amplifies their signal.
System/Policy
NPR CEO won’t attend House hearing on allegations of bias
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A meeting of NPR’s board of directors, Maher’s first since joining the network, was scheduled for Wednesday more than a year ahead of time.
Programs/Content
With a new documentary, ‘Reading Rainbow’ looks back
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In “Butterfly in the Sky,” the show’s host and creators tell the story of one of public television’s most beloved children’s programs.
System/Policy
How a focus on diversity has strengthened NPR
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Contrary to the argument made by former NPR editor Uri Berliner, NPR’s efforts to diversify its workforce have enhanced its journalism and helped it realize its founding mission.
Tech
How to prepare for a media landscape minus TikTok
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It’s reasonable to expect that government oversight will impact the apps you frequent sooner rather than later. Be as ready as you can be.
System/Policy
How to advance democracy on community radio
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“We all have an awesome responsibility to advance democracy. We must rise above the noise, misinformation and disinformation, AI trickery, apathy and distrust. We are bridge builders, and that starts with sharing basic information.”