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Programs/Content

Kentucky Public Radio’s recipe for a statewide voter guide success

By Justin Hicks, Data Reporter (Kentucky Public Radio/Louisville Public Media) | 12 hours ago

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

By Julie Drizin, Executive Director | 14 hours ago

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.

Quick Takes

American Grad Day kicks off fourth broadcast Saturday

By Dru Sefton, Former Senior Editor | September 30, 2015

Last year, 110 public broadcasting stations in 139 markets carried the live event.

Programs/Content

Program directors challenged to think about audience, not formats

By Tyler Falk, Reporter | September 30, 2015

Former NPR programming exec Eric Nuzum, now at Audible, had candid advice for his audience at the PRPD conference.

Programs/Content

‘Frontline’ virtual-reality doc takes viewers into heart of Ebola outbreak

By Karen Everhart, Managing Editor | September 29, 2015

The film grew out of Executive Producer Raney Aronson-Rath’s fellowship with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Quick Takes

KUSP to go Triple A as board taps Ferraro for turnaround

By | September 29, 2015

Ferraro, formerly g.m. of WYEP in Pittsburgh, was named interim g.m. at the California station.

Awards

‘Frontline,’ ‘POV’ tie for best documentary at news Emmy Awards

By Dru Sefton, Former Senior Editor | September 29, 2015

The public broadcaster won 17 statuettes.

Awards

Pubmedia and nonprofit news well represented at 2015 ONA Awards

By | September 28, 2015

NPR, The Texas Tribune and Missouri’s KBIA-FM were among the public media winners at the ceremony in Los Angeles Saturday.

Tech

Five things public media can learn from Yik Yak, the most depressing college-oriented social media app

By Adam Ragusea, Former Host, "The Pub" | September 28, 2015

If public media wants to serve college students better, it should think more about providing content in the places where college students actually are.