Programs/Content
NEPM, Latino Newsletter team up for election-focused media training
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Journalist Julio Ricardo Varela is guiding high school students as they report on the Latino vote in western Massachusetts.
What public radio can learn from pro wrestling’s loyal fan base
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“Sometimes, the most valuable insights come from looking beyond our immediate environment.”
System/Policy
Despite station sales, classical music remains strong as format
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Research shows that events in Miami and Houston aren’t a harbinger of decline.
Programs/Content
New Orleans stations tell their Katrina stories
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Two stations give insight into how they dealt with the effects of Hurricane Katrina.
Programs/Content
Podscanning: Wyoming network hopes lure of West will broaden appeal
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Wyoming Public Media is looking for an audience beyond its sparsely populated state.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #33: Ann Heppermann on the rebirth of audio fiction
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Listen to some exciting, genre-bending works commissioned for a new competition.
People
Vossen rises at ‘Independent Lens,’ Gilliam directs radio at LPM, and other comings and goings in public media
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Lois Vossen, former deputy e.p. at the doc showcase, has moved up to executive producer.
Programs/Content
With Yellr app, WXXI seeks to engage new audiences — and help other news outlets do the same
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The app’s developers are looking for partners to demonstrate its potential.
Programs/Content
KLRN builds Virtual Classroom on OVEE platform
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Since the Virtual Classroom’s launch in April, nearly 400 participants from 27 states have met online to take lessons about nature.
Programs/Content
‘WireTap’ will wind down stateside with ‘sendoff season’
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Show creator Jonathan Goldstein is moving on to unspecified “new projects.”
People
Tess Vigeland on her new book and leaving ‘Marketplace Money’
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What would make you give up on your dream gig? The former Marketplace Money host had to answer that question for herself when she left the show.
Programs/Content
Jay Kernis’ 2006 advice to NPR: “I want the air to sing”
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A reminder about the fundamentals of public radio from NPR’s former senior v.p. of programming.