System/Policy
Stanley Nelson, John Oliver among WGA members petitioning stations for fair freelancer contracts
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The petition accuses GBH, WNET Group and PBS SoCal of delaying their response to the union’s demands.
The potential of AI voices: transforming news delivery and engagement
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With advancements from OpenAI and Meta, newsrooms may adapt and build new features to enhance the reader and listener experience.
Documentaries on PBS
Makers, subjects of PBS’s indie docs bring diversity to public TV, study finds
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The study’s authors argued that films such as God Loves Uganda are central to public TV’s mission.
Quick Takes
Journalist prepares New Hampshire–focused investigative news outlet for launch
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The site launches Sept. 1.
People
WAMU hires Andi McDaniel as head of content
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McDaniel comes from Twin Cities Public Television.
People
Kartemquin’s Justine Nagan to lead PBS’s ‘POV’
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Nagan succeeds Simon Kilmurry, who left July 6 to head the International Documentary Association.
Programs/Content
With focus on black culture, public TV’s ‘Soul!’ pushed the envelope
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“There was always a sense that Soul! was ‘out there’ for public television, that it was doing things and saying things that made some people uncomfortable.”
Obituaries
Elsie Hillman, avid WQED supporter and longtime philanthropist, dies at 89
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Hillman “was part of the WQED family since before its inception,” said President Deborah Acklin.
Tech
Youth Radio partners with MIT program to create new app
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The app seeks to broaden Youth Radio’s audience and increase engagement with its stories.
Quick Takes
NPR to launch new podcast, ‘Hidden Brain’
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The new podcast from NPR’s Science Desk aims to “reveal patterns that drive human behavior.”
People
How a militant Puerto Rican activist group influenced public media
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After raising hell in the streets of Spanish Harlem, several of the Young Lords got into broadcasting and journalism.
People
NPR book critic Alan Cheuse dies at 75
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“In two minutes every week, Alan paid his respects to good writing in his soft, intense, passionate voice.”