Programs/Content
Connecticut Public lands Knight grant for Puerto Rico partnership
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Connecticut Public and Puerto Rico newspaper publisher GFR Media are adding two reporters.
New preschool series aims to teach coding skills
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“Mia & Codie,” a public TV show from the creator of “WordWorld,” combines computational thinking and socioemotional learning.
System/Policy
How The Jersey Bee uses journalism to improve public health
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The Jersey Bee follows a model adapted from health care, education, and social work to deliver information that improves public health outcomes in its community.
System/Policy
FCC fines Pacifica Foundation $25,000 for underwriting violations
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A consent decree adopted and released Tuesday requires Pacifica to implement a compliance plan and ends an FCC investigation of WBAI in New York City.
Diversity
We can’t let anti-DEI laws kill public media
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These laws not only create an environment ripe for misunderstanding but also gut efforts to equip employees with the skills to engage all our communities effectively.
System/Policy
Oregon Public Broadcasting partners with Lookout Local to bring more news to Eugene
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Lookout CEO Ken Doctor describes Lookout Eugene-Springfield as a “community newspaper that happens to be digital.”
People
Comings and goings: VP leaves Chicago Public Media, Cincinnati Public Radio hires music director …
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Amy Wielunski, who joined Chicago Public Media in 2017, is leaving her VP role to become executive director of VocalEssence, a nonprofit choral music organization in Minneapolis.
System/Policy
Sesame Workshop reaches tentative collective bargaining agreement with writers’ union
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The writers, who are represented by the Writers Guild of America, East, were threatening to picket outside of Sesame Workshop’s New York headquarters if a deal wasn’t reached.
System/Policy
N.Y. Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney proposes bill to defund NPR
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Tenney’s proposal follows recent criticism of the network spurred by former editor Uri Berliner’s essay for The Free Press.
System/Policy
Owner donates commercial radio station to California’s KCLU
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The donation of KSYV will help KCLU extend its broadcast to audiences that are difficult to reach due to challenging terrain.
Featured in Category
‘Walk the talk’: Detroit PBS reporter brings lived experience to covering criminal justice
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Mario Bueno’s time in prison informs his work highlighting “the true, tangible, real barriers to entry into the job market” for felons.