System/Policy
Texas Public Radio employees seek to unionize amid leadership transition
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The staffers say the union would “safeguard our organization’s future success.”
How PBS can revive its pioneering spirit by embracing grassroots programming
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“As traditional broadcast gives way to new media, public television needs to dust off its early spirit of scrappy, decentralized innovation.”
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System/Policy
KCUR adds station to fill void of classical music in Kansas City
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KCUR is raising $5 million for the service.
Programs/Content
Comings and goings: Chuck Murphy joins Colorado Public Radio as investigative editor, Florangela Davila lands news director job at KNKX …
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Murphy will build the newsroom’s first investigative reporting unit.
System/Policy
Goli Sheikholeslami: Building listening habits and audience loyalty on new platforms ‘is critical for all of us’
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As she prepares to leave her job as CEO of Chicago Public Media, Sheikholeslami spoke with Current about her priorities for New York Public Radio and why she decided to stay in public media.
People
NYPR names Goli Sheikholeslami as CEO
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Sheikholeslami is leaving Chicago Public Media after five years with the station.
System/Policy
Cascade Public Media fires Crosscut managing editor
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Less than a week after the news site’s employees voted to unionize, management dismissed Florangela Davila over “differences in strategic outlook.”
System/Policy
KHSU licensee taps Capital Public Radio for short-term agreement
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The deal runs through October unless the two sides agree to an extension.
Programs/Content
MPT enlists Firelight Films for documentaries on iconic Marylanders
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“I couldn’t have dreamt of two better subjects for films,” says Firelight’s Stanley Nelson.
System/Policy
Deal between Texas stations aids struggling KCOS in El Paso
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The agreement allows the stations to “look to the future as more of a broad regional network rather than just individual stations in small rural communities,” said Texas Tech Public Media’s GM.
System/Policy
After cutting his job, NPR grants David Welna four-month extension
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The national security correspondent will continue at the network in a different role until Jan. 6.
System/Policy
Pointing to harmful messaging, autism organization ends partnership with Sesame Workshop
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The Autistic Self Advocacy Network said that a resource kit for parents, developed by the autism organization Autism Speaks, furthers “stigma against autistic children and adults.”