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.
System/Policy
Detroit journalism project gets additional boost from Knight Foundation
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The Detroit Journalism Cooperative has “much more work to do,” says its convener.
PBS Annual Meeting
‘New age of digital learning’ prompts PBS to rethink education space
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The public broadcaster is “reimagining the very core” of its “educational value proposition.”
Quick Takes
University of Louisville, Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting settle public-records lawsuit
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The lawsuit was filed in October as part of the investigative center’s research on a story about a spate of high-dollar embezzlements at the school.
"The Pub" Podcast
The Pub #18: How to broaden public TV’s audience, live from the PBS Annual Meeting in Austin
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We contemplate the challenges and the opportunities involved in expanding public television to new audiences.
Podcasting
As podcast revenues climb, NPR board questions effect on radio sales
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With podcast revenues and downloads climbing, the NPR board discussed underwriting standards and the impact on broadcast underwriting.
Quick Takes
Awl author calls for a critical eye on podcast advertising
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A public radio producer lays out an argument for how unfettered advertising on podcasts compromises public media’s mission.
Quick Takes
Former KCTS reporter argues that station should sell spectrum
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Writing for The Seattle Times, a communications professor and former reporter and producer for the city’s KCTS-TV argues that the station should sell its broadcast spectrum and cede local public TV service to Tacoma’s KBTC. “Our region deserves better,” writes Barry Mitzman, now a teacher of strategic communications at Seattle University. Stations duplicating PBS programming are “inefficient,” he argues. “Regional consolidation might save money that could be invested in programs,” Mitzman continues. “Many states, including Oregon and Idaho, have unified public-TV systems that produce more original content — often much more — than KCTS does.”
With KBTC airing much the same programming as KCTS, the Tacoma station could take over a KCTS transmitter.
Programs/Content
Music stations aim for wider audience with VuHaus, a hub for videos
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VuHaus gathers in-studio music videos already being produced by Triple A–format stations onto a single platform.
Development
Ira Glass: Public radio can capitalize on its popularity without selling out its mission
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In a commentary, the This American Life creator elaborates on his claim that “public radio is ready for capitalism.”
Featured in Category
PBS and NPR partnering on ‘single sign-in experience’ across apps and websites
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Execs from the networks told PBS Annual Meeting attendees Tuesday about their plans for collaboration.