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
OPB drops ‘Finding Your Roots’ episode featuring presidential candidate
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“At the beginning of a presidential candidacy, to be doing a valentine to one candidate, I just don’t think it’s a very smart thing to do,” said Oregon Public Broadcasting CEO Steve Bass.
System/Policy
How long should a pubmedia executive serve?
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As leaders retire, 2019 is a golden chance for the system to take giant steps in the right direction.
Programs/Content
Work advances toward goal of education metrics database
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The effort will create “a national picture of the great work that public media is doing in education,” said Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Andrew MacCartney.
Quick Takes
Knight’s $300M for journalism includes support for ‘Frontline’ community reporting
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The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced Tuesday support for several journalism initiatives over the next five years.
Tech
Aid from Apple would deliver ‘critical mass’ for NPR’s podcast analytics tool
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The company has not signed on with Remote Audio Data, which can give podcast producers expanded analytics tracking their listeners’ habits.
Programs/Content
WGBY campaign seeks funds to bolster public-affairs productions
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The fund honors late WGBY host and producer Jim Madigan and hopes to build upon his legacy.
Programs/Content
Connecticut Public video series features first-person stories of immigration
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“Home Movies: American Journeys” is the first in a local slice-of-life series to experiment with viewer engagement.
System/Policy
Alaska governor’s draft budget zeros out pubmedia funding
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“Since there are so many cuts proposed, it’s a bigger challenge to make our case than ever before,” said Alaska Public Broadcasting’s Mollie Kabler.
FCC
FCC gives green light to revising rules governing LPFMs, other noncoms
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“We’re aiming to provide greater clarity to broadcast applicants and thus make the process easier for them, deliver more new services to the listening public, and reduce appeals of our comparative licensing decisions,” said FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.
Programs/Content
To mark show’s 50th anniversary, ‘Sesame Street’ producer adds episodes to pubcasting archive
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More than 4,000 episodes of the show will be made available to the public over the next year.