Education
TPT receives $1.2M NASA grant to promote science careers among young women of color
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NASA Inspires Futures for Tomorrow’s Youth, a new initiative, will pair 100 NASA STEM professionals with students ages 9–14.
NPR board passes ambitious plan to expand digital fundraising, podcast subscriptions
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“This is really the first step in the next 50 years of NPR,” said CEO John Lansing.
Programs/Content
Public TV stations adapt strategies for supporting out-of-school learning
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Ohio stations have launched a $5 million project to help elementary students “accelerate their learning,” while WNET is refining its formula for delivering the day-camp experience via broadcasts.
Programs/Content
CPB grant will help expand Indigenous programming
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The grant will support the daily “ICT Newscast with Aliyah Chavez.”
Tech
ATSC event showcases public TV’s growing offerings in educational datacasting
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Stations are continuing to reinforce their datacasting efforts as the initial urgency of the pandemic has given way to longer-term planning.
People
Comings and goings: VP Sarah Gilbert leaving NPR, CCO leaving Public Media Group of Southern California …
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Sarah Gilbert’s last day with NPR will be next month.
Programs/Content
How ‘This Way Out’ is preserving its collection of historic audio from the LGBTQ movement
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Producers of the weekly radio magazine that debuted in 1987 are excavating recordings stored in closets and in obsolete formats.
People
Clarence Copeland promoted to CEO of Louisiana Public Broadcasting
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Copeland has worked for the station since 1997.
Programs/Content
Rick Steves series premiering this fall takes viewers through thousands of years of European art
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“This series is something I’ve waited to do my whole career,” says Steves, host and writer of the APT-distributed series.
Development
Minnesota Public Radio receives $56M gift for classical music
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The donation is the largest in the organization’s 55-year history.
People
Comings and goings: CPB hires VP, KERA appoints CFO …
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CPB hired Cheraine Stanford as SVP of television content strategy. She previously worked for WPSU in State College, Pa.
People
Juana Summers to host NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’ and ‘Consider This’
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Summers begins on air June 27.