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.”
People
Colleen Wilson leaves KQED after 18 years, NPR fills new news post and other comings and goings
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Twin Cities PBS in St. Paul, Minn., has hired Wilson as its first VP of digital publishing.
Quick Takes
More newsrooms receive funding to use GroundSource, Hearken
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The Lenfest Institute announced Tuesday a second round of funding to help newsrooms listen to and build trust with audiences.
System/Policy
While COO of cannabis company, former CEO again leads N.Y. station
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Bob Daino is currently COO of Acreage Holdings, which owns cannabis cultivation, processing and dispensing operations in 12 states.
Quick Takes
Listeners ask university to rethink defunding of Tri States Public Radio
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The funding cut will cost the station about half of its annual $1 million operating budget.
Quick Takes
Senate approves funds for CPB, interconnection, Ready To Learn
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The Labor, Health and Human Services and Education bill would provide $445 million for CPB in FY21.
Programs/Content
Consultant advises radio stations to step up promotion, keep eye on morning talent
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“During drive time, if you can communicate that you are live and doing things locally, you will stand out,” Jeff Rowe told attendees at the Public Radio Program Directors conference.
Obituaries
David Mitchell, veteran voice of ‘Piano Jazz,’ dies at 72
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Colleagues recalled him as a “meticulous mastering engineer” with a “mellifluous announcing voice.”
Tech
Annual survey highlights ‘big deal’ of smart-speaker adoption
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The Public Radio Tech Survey also found strong growth in public radio listening among millennials.
Quick Takes
WNYC’s ‘More Perfect’ podcast creates soundtrack for the Constitution
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Contributing artists to a new compilation album include Dolly Parton, Devendra Banhart, They Might Be Giants and Kash Doll.
People
Woodruff chairs Archive council, Barone marks half-century at MPR and other comings and goings
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And former PBS and CPB executive Jennifer Lawson is the new vice chair of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting council.