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
PBS NewsHour expands online audience with website makeover
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Page views have grown from 15.7 million in the first quarter of 2014 to 25.1 million in the fourth quarter.
Tech
PRSS delays fix for audio levels
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The Public Radio Satellite System has pushed back its plan to change the level at which it provides audio to member stations.
Programs/Content
At SXSW, NPR producer offers peek into network’s use of web metrics
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Attendees at a SXSW panel Saturday got a look at how NPR uses website and social media metrics and shares the information among its journalists — those who want to know, at least.
WGBH team offers social media tips at SXSW
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Public media professionals who work in social media took to the stage at a South by Southwest session Friday to give real-world examples of engaging with audiences while relying on small staffs and little funding.
Programs/Content
PlanPhilly sees brighter future with move to WHYY
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PlanPhilly, a nonprofit newsroom that looks at design and development issues in Philadelphia has moved to WHYY from the University of Pennsylvania as an addition to the station’s NewsWorks offerings.
Programs/Content
PlanPhilly sees brighter future with move to WHYY
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The site covers beats including the Philadelphia City Planning Commission, the city’s zoning code and preservation and transportation issues.
"The Pub" Podcast
The Pub #9: Five steps to ideological balance; Latino USA’s Maria Hinojosa; NPR’s Jarl Mohn stumbles on Diane Rehm
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How should public media serve communities like the Latino audience targeted by Hinojosa’s program?
SXSW
Our guide to public media events at SXSW
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Check our list of pubmedia-related sessions — and let us know if we missed yours.
People
Q selects a host, WGBH seats four trustees, and other comings and goings in public media
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The daily culture program, distributed by PRI, fired host Jian Ghomeshi last fall after allegations of his sexual improprieties surfaced.
Quick Takes
Baltimore paper questions underwriting practices at WYPR-FM
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A lengthy cover story in Baltimore’s City Paper said the station fails to distinguish between underwriting and editorial content.