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Why it’s a big deal that the latest episode of NPR’s ‘Embedded’ includes audio from a Maryland courtroom
A narrow challenge to a law banning broadcasts of criminal proceedings may help expand journalists’ ability to cover trials.WMRA podcast reveals stories behind band's fan-inspired songs
The Virginia station teamed up with The Steel Wheels, a locally based Americana band, on "We Made You a Song."'Anything could go wrong': A longtime programming exec remembers the tightrope act of producing pledge specials
"In working with musical artists, I learned that egos are enormous, and concerns are varied and unpredictable," writes Larry Rifkin in his new memoir, "No Dead Air: Career Reflections From the TV Executive Who Saved Barney the Dinosaur From Extinction."
WCTE appoints Avery Hutchins CEO
Hutchins succeeds Becky Magura, who left the station to lead Nashville Public Television.Comings and goings: Erika Aguilar named EP at NPR, CPB board officers reelected …
Aguilar will be EP of "Morning Edition" and "Up First."Station Manager Kerry Swanson leaving Northwest Public Broadcasting
Swanson has led the station since 2008.
40-50 new hires ‘expected’ after WBEZ's merger with Chicago Sun-Times
Will the deal be a national model? Station executives weigh in.How serendipity, the 1986 World Series and believing in possibilities changed my filmmaking career
When Henry Hampton called, "I was unemployed and living in New Orleans with no money for another film, no prospects at all. Everything changed after that."APM names Joanne Griffith CCO of podcast division
APM also promoted Thomas De Napoli to chief strategy officer of APM Studios.Public broadcasters ask FCC to update forms with nonbinary gender options
Law firm Foster Garvey PC has seen “an increasing number of licensees” that have “expressed concerns with the binary options provided to answer the question of gender" on some FCC forms.These stations are adopting new strategies to attract more diverse donors
“We spend a lot of time thinking in the clouds and being a little more highbrow and not coming out of those offices and coming down to the people,” said Nikki Swarn, GM and PD at The Drop. “So many public media stations don’t make that entry point as simplistic as it could be.”Michigan Radio adds grant-funded criminal justice beat
The Public Welfare Foundation backed a new reporting position and community-focused events.NEH pandemic relief grants boost indie filmmakers
ITVS, Firelight Media, the Sundance Institute and Appalshop Inc. received $5.5 million for filmmaking initiatives and other projects.Ken Ikeda resigns as AIR CEO
Amanda Hickman is serving as interim executive director.Comings and goings: Frazier promoted at South Carolina ETV, Pizzi joins Public Media Venture Group …
Stephanie Frazier joined SCETV in 2019.
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