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NEPM, Latino Newsletter team up for election-focused media training

Journalist Julio Ricardo Varela is guiding high school students as they report on the Latino vote in western Massachusetts.

“Sometimes, the most valuable insights come from looking beyond our immediate environment.”

KQED joined up with Square when the mobile payment processor expanded its Square Cash app to include nonprofits and businesses.

Al Letson is channeling his talents as a slam poet and performer into a new podcast.

The union supporting NPR’s engineers and audio technicians is pushing back against new contract proposals.

WFPL-FM, part of Louisville Public Media in Kentucky, has hired Tara Anderson as arts and culture correspondent.

“For years, Gerald was the epicenter of everything creative at GPB,” said a colleague.

Our guide to the news and links you might have missed this week.

Representatives from PBS spurred discussion about promotion, distribution and scheduling of independent films on public TV.

NPR has updated its ethics handbook to clarify how it applies to hosts such as Diane Rehm, whose advocacy work prompted a review.

PBS is hoping “to make the coming year a celebration of Downton Abbey,” PBS President Paula Kerger said.

Public media people often take some liberties with copyright. Are they legal, or should they be?