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.
People
Public media women team up to tackle gender inequality in leadership
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A group of female leaders has formed a committee to address issues of gender inequality in the executive ranks of public television and radio.
Programs/Content
How to pick theme music for your show, and how not to
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The art of radio and TV theme music and how to improve it.
"The Pub" Podcast
The Pub, Episode 3: Podcasting tests definition of public media, Indiana governor does too
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PRX CEO Jake Shapiro says “the definition of public media . . . has to be stretched.”
System/Policy
FCC schedules initial workshops on spectrum auctions
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The workshops will run nationwide between February and May.
Development
APTS restructures to support strategic goals for state-level advocacy, public service
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The Association of Public Television Stations has restructured its staff to align with recently adopted strategic goals, including efforts to promote best practices, increase state and federal funding and support advocacy for the system at large. Two key staffers are stepping up to manage the expanding workload. Kate Riley, director of government relations, has been promoted to v.p., government and public affairs; she will focus on advocacy and state and federal funding. Emil Mara, v.p. for finance and administration, will direct member services. The reorganization follows through on a strategic plan adopted by the APTS board of trustees in November, according to Pat Butler, president.
People
It’s WGBH lobstah vs. KCTS salmon in Super Bowl bet
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A friendly Super Bowl wager between the top executives of public television stations in Boston and Seattle will yield one a booty of seafood or shellfish after Sunday’s game.
System/Policy
Former Washington Post editor signs on as CPB ombudsman
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Milton Coleman takes over Feb. 1 from Joel Kaplan, a Syracuse University communications professor whose term expires at the end of January.
American Public Television
Programmers’ APT Marketplace choices include Aussie romantic drama and MST3K
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Popular programs included A Place to Call Home, a 13-part series set in 1953 in rough and rural Australia — sort of an updated Outback Downton Abbey.
Programs/Content
KUT preps ambitious newsmag ‘Texas Standard’
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Inside a new hourlong weekday newsmag from the Austin, Texas, broadcaster.
People
Donald Mullally, former NPR Board chair, dies at 77
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“Mullally’s early vision for a symbiotic relationship between NPR and its member stations remains a pivotal turning point for the nonprofit media organization,” NPR said in a statement.