Programs/Content
Kentucky Public Radio’s recipe for a statewide voter guide success
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It takes some planning to create a voter guide that geolocates users, but the payoff is entirely worth it.
Why public media must support colleagues in the path of climate disasters
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We in public media often refer to our little world as “the system.” If we are, in fact, an interdependent system, fundraising to support fellow stations and staffers in distress is the kind of thing we can do to prove it.
Programs/Content
Sesame Workshop focuses on racial literacy with four-year Coming Together initiative
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The project’s content will encourage conversations “that parents, caregivers or providers often don’t know how to start.”
Programs/Content
Radio Diaries, ‘Radiolab’ team up to produce their own documentaries on Black Swan Records
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After learning they were separately pursuing stories on the pioneering label and its founder, producers Joe Richman and Jad Abumrad decided to share tape and research.
System/Policy
Rare donation of license awards freedom to Vermont community station
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Goddard College has transferred operation of WGDR/WGDH to a new independent nonprofit.
System/Policy
Explicit racism is rare in pubmedia — but unconscious racism is everywhere
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The most stubborn obstacle on the path to reform is well-meaning folks who fight inequity whenever they see it but can’t see it when they’re involved.
System/Policy
Training for audio editors can help bridge gaps in long-form storytelling
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Plenty of audio journalists have the talent for long-form storytelling. Why aren’t we training more of them to be editors?
People
Comings and goings: PBS hires Douglas Chang as senior director, WETA appoints diversity officer …
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Chang previously worked as a programming director for KCET in Los Angeles and as supervising producer for AmDoc/POV.
Local That Works
A look at WFAE’s ‘intentional strategy of inclusion’
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In our latest Local that Works webinar, leaders from the North Carolina station shared how they’ve created a culture of openness and risk-taking.
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
How public broadcasting overcame early setbacks to become a national institution
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Public media’s mission was clear early on, but an emphasis on high-quality programming was needed to earn widespread support.
Programs/Content
Citing finances and audience strategy, New Hampshire Public Radio ends ‘Exchange’
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The change comes after longtime host Laura Knoy announced that she would step down.
Programs/Content
Launch of podcast about racial wealth inequalities signals big ambitions for WBGO Studios
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New Jersey’s WBGO is moving to create new shows and build sponsorships around podcasts on a broad variety of topics.