System/Policy
Stanley Nelson, John Oliver among WGA members petitioning stations for fair freelancer contracts
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The petition accuses GBH, WNET Group and PBS SoCal of delaying their response to the union’s demands.
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.
SXSW
Our guide to public media events at SXSW
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Check our list of pubmedia-related sessions — and let us know if we missed yours.
People
Q selects a host, WGBH seats four trustees, and other comings and goings in public media
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The daily culture program, distributed by PRI, fired host Jian Ghomeshi last fall after allegations of his sexual improprieties surfaced.
Quick Takes
Baltimore paper questions underwriting practices at WYPR-FM
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A lengthy cover story in Baltimore’s City Paper said the station fails to distinguish between underwriting and editorial content.
Quick Takes
INN changes name to Institute for Nonprofit News
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To better reflect its mission, the Investigative News Network has changed its name to the Institute for Nonprofit News.
Diane Rehm
Diane Rehm will end right-to-die advocacy
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After her husband’s difficult death, Rehm helped raise funds for an organization that supports medically assisted suicide.
Programs/Content
Illinois nonprofit newsrooms bolster collaboration with new arrangement
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Three nonprofit news organizations in Illinois are strengthening their agreements to share content, and two of the outfits will soon be under one roof.
People
Public TV producer John Siceloff dies at 61; praised as ‘great American journalist’
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Siceloff helped create Now with Bill Moyers, and later founded an educational nonprofit.
Programs/Content
New films remember video avant garde of the 1970s
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Innovative filmmakers in New York City adopted portable gear and shook up the airwaves.
Invisibilia
NPR: ‘There will be more Invisibilia episodes’
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NPR’s plan for Invisibilia expected to be shared with station managers in late April.
Development
NPR’s Mohn points to early success with Spark initiative
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NPR CEO Jarl Mohn said his “spark initiative” to boost Morning Edition’s audience through repeated promotional messaging is already starting to show signs of success one month into its six month run.