Development
St. Louis Public Radio fundraiser takes flight for bird safety
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The station raised more than $26,000 to help equip its headquarters with bird-safety features.
NEA grants boost public media groups, filmmakers
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The endowment provided nearly $880,000 to public media organizations and other nonprofits that create or support media projects centered on the arts.
SPONSORED
Building revenue through real estate donations
Pilot program with Michigan Radio shows early signs of success.
Programs/Content
Five stations selected for Ready to Learn podcast accelerator
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The program gives stations “the opportunity to explore innovative ways to help parents and children learn together,” said CPB’s Debra Tica Sanchez.
System/Policy
NPR, former employee settle discrimination suit
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A former NPR technician filed the lawsuit in 2020.
People
Comings and goings: Neal Carruth leaves NPR for Freakonomics Radio, Ben Calhoun exits ‘This American Life’ for ‘The Daily’ …
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Carruth helped create NPR’s daily news podcast “Up First” as senior director of on-demand news programming.
Programs/Content
NPR, LAist Studios partner to launch audio incubator for Latinx creators
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The partners have committed to “further development opportunities” for at least one creator.
Obituaries
Julie Glenn, news director for WGCU Public Media, dies at 50
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Glenn, an award-winning journalist who co-created a podcast about wine, previously served on the board for the Public Media Journalists Association.
Diversity
Diversify or die out: Five steps for creating a newsroom that reflects America
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Changing the storytellers is the only way to help reverse the news media’s unconscionable pattern of racial inequity, says YR Media CEO Kyra Kyles.
Programs/Content
American Archive of Public Broadcasting unveils special collection for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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The collection features news segments discussing affirmative action and reparations as well as documentary films like “Joyce Chen’s China,” “China, Land of My Father” and “Vietnam: A Chicagoan Goes Home.”
People
Comings and goings: TPT fills executive roles, ‘Frontline’ hires editorial leaders …
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TPT named Lesley Goldman CCO and appointed two VPs.
Development
Michel Martin donates honorarium to Gulf States Newsroom
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Martin said she hopes the team uses the gift to support the “reporters’ outstanding work and encourage them to reach even higher.”
Programs/Content
Black Public Media awards $225,000 for three film and technology projects
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The grants were announced Thursday night at the PitchBLACK Awards.