Programs/Content
NEPM, Latino Newsletter team up for election-focused media training
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Journalist Julio Ricardo Varela is guiding high school students as they report on the Latino vote in western Massachusetts.
What public radio can learn from pro wrestling’s loyal fan base
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“Sometimes, the most valuable insights come from looking beyond our immediate environment.”
Stations
What’s good for the goose is a new home, WGBH decides
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A mother goose recently nested on a patch of grass on the station’s roof.
Quick Takes
Researchers question study featured on This American Life
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The study was reported during an April episode on changing minds.
Stations
California’s KUSP-FM considers way out of unstable finances
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The nonprofit that owns the station has endured “severe cash shortages” for several years.
Quick Takes
PBS SoCal lays off two staffers, creates interactive department
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Leadership changed May 1 at PBS SoCal, PBS’s primary station in the Los Angeles market.
Stations
North Carolina’s WUNC extends reach with purchase of WFSS
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WUNC is paying $1.75 million to Fayetteville State University as part of the deal, announced May 13.
People
Feingold moves from Nebraska to N.C., Miskowski takes helm at WPT and more comings and goings in public media
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Also, Chicago’s WTTW marks its 60th anniversary May 5 with a gala salute to Newton Minow.
Tech
Pubcasters seek relief in carriage standoff with satellite companies
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Some satellite TV subscribers lack access to news, public affairs and other programming from their state networks.
People
NPR programmer Nuzum moving to Audible to oversee original content
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Nuzum said Audible is looking to create a “third space” in the audio world.
System/Policy
Detroit journalism project gets additional boost from Knight Foundation
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The Detroit Journalism Cooperative has “much more work to do,” says its convener.
PBS Annual Meeting
‘New age of digital learning’ prompts PBS to rethink education space
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The public broadcaster is “reimagining the very core” of its “educational value proposition.”