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.
Programs/Content
How Michigan Radio launched 42 podcasts at once (and why it’s just the beginning)
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With its new Minutes project, the station is making city council meetings more accessible while helping its reporters find stories.
People
Comings and goings: Kenya Young promoted at NPR, WBUR announces editorial changes …
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Young, currently EP for “Morning Edition,” will oversee the initiative that has created regional newsrooms across the U.S.
System/Policy
Attorneys for Michael Pack seek dismissal of D.C. lawsuit
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Pack has been accused of using a separate nonprofit’s funds to enrich his production company.
Tech
How KQED is using AI to explore the future of news audio
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In partnership with Google, KQED and an AI-services provider ran tests to determine how to reduce errors in news audio transcripts and, ultimately, make radio news audio more findable.
People
Comings and goings: VPR hires ‘Vermont Edition’ hosts, John Decker promoted at KPBS …
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Connor Cyrus and Mikaela Lefrak will begin hosting for Vermont Public Radio this summer.
System/Policy
Why public radio is on the threshold of a new era
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People who are moving into leadership roles at stations are asking “What comes next?” The answers depend on you.
People
Mark Vogelzang will retire as CEO of Maine Public
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Vogelzang has worked for the network since 2012 and was previously CEO of Vermont Public Radio.
System/Policy
Nonprofit newsroom dissolves over allegations directed at founder
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After a journalist tweeted about “massive red flags” during a job interview, FairWarning’s board called it quits.
Programs/Content
KPBS podcast seeks new audiences while highlighting San Diego culture
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Launched this month, “The Parker Edison Project” gives “complete creative freedom” to a local rapper and journalist.
System/Policy
How to expand public radio’s reach by changing the way you think
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“Frequency Boost,” a column for everyone who wants to set their station on a path towards growth, will give you ideas that can make a big difference.