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.
System/Policy
Kentucky radio stations look to expand collaboration on programming, development
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“The people that will gain the most from this are our listeners.”
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #30: Mike Pesca on life after NPR
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“I loved NPR, I still do. I kind of love it for its flaws, as well.”
Programs/Content
Texas stations launch newsroom collaboration
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The initiative grows out of the stations’ partnership on producing the daily newsmagazine Texas Standard.
Greater Public
Greater Public President Doug Eichten to retire
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Eichten began leading the organization, then known as Development Exchange Inc., in 1997.
Podcasting
What a public radio program director learned at Podcast Movement 2015
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Roman Mars is a hero, there’s a problem with dude overload, and more.
Programs/Content
PBS appeals to indie filmmakers with bigger marketing budget, multiplatform strategy
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An arts festival will promote a documentary about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, among other films.
System/Policy
After sale of Classical South Florida, scramble is on to ensure coverage in Palm Beach
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A former director of Classical South Florida’s board is looking to buy back one of the signals sold to a religious broadcaster.
Programs/Content
Why APM’s ‘Wits’ didn’t make it
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There are lessons for everyone in public media from the rise and abrupt fall of the variety show.
PBS
Kerger on end of ‘Downton’: “Great television begets great television”
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”We really have an abundance of programs that have been pitched to us.“
NPR
NPR’s Michael Oreskes: “There probably hasn’t been enough change inside NPR”
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NPR’s new head of news discusses the future of All Things Considered, achieving diversity, and the need for more collaboration among NPR and member stations.