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Louisville Public Media lays off eight staff amid budget shortfall
The station is facing a budget deficit of more than $750,000.Kwame Alexander created a poem about public media with help from ‘Viewers Like You’
“A human network / A community / coming together in unity / generations engaged / together.”Stations in Alabama, Texas and Alaska receive $1.3 million from Next Gen Warning System
Alabama Public Television, KLRN in San Antonio and KYUK in Bethel will use the funds to upgrade their technology for transmitting emergency alerts.
Nebraska Public Media receives donation of online news sites
NPM is engaging with freelance writers who have covered arts and culture in the Omaha area to resume publishing online content later this summer, according to CCO Nancy Finken.Apple update disrupts podcast downloads, but blow is softened for some stations
LAist "dodged a little bit of a bullet," while New Hampshire Public Radio has continued to see audience growth.LAist's 'Inheriting' podcast aims to shed light on Asian American and Pacific Islander history and community
The show digs in with seven families to show how past traumas can trickle down through generations.
Comings and goings: WFIT appoints PD, Nine PBS adds senior directors to development team …
Steven Keller became PD for WFIT in Melbourne, Fla.San Francisco’s KQED eliminates 34 positions
The station is also ending its podcast "Rightnowish."Marcia Smith, president of Firelight Media, plans to step down
Smith co-founded Firelight Media with filmmaker Stanley Nelson.How public media can help shape ethical AI voice technology
Following the controversy over OpenAI's "Sky" voice, public media must aim to build tools that are imbued with cultural richness and represent all people while preserving cultural and traditional knowledge.RRC President Joanne Church dies at 75
With her late husband Tom, Joanne Church "introduced audience research to public radio" by founding RRC in 1981.Boston’s GBH lays off 31 staff due to $7M budget gap
GBH is also suspending the shows "Greater Boston," "Talking Politics" and "Basic Black" but plans to “reinvent” them as digital-first programs, said CEO Susan Goldberg.Larry Bensky, correspondent and anchor for KPFA and Pacifica, dies at 87
“Larry's brand of journalism — personality along with in-depth reporting — was a model for countless reporters and hosts coming up in the early days of community radio,” says Youth Radio founder Ellin O’Leary.Wife of lawmaker critical of Arkansas PBS joins network's governing board
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced May 6 she had appointed Maria Sullivan to the Arkansas Educational Television Commission.NPR, stations object to proposed FCC rules on reporting outages
More filing requirements would strain already limited resources, the broadcasters said in comments to the commission.
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