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Nonprofit news sites win grants for collaborative projects
Investigate West, Texas Tribune and KCPT in Kansas City, Mo., are the nonprofit and public broadcasting organizations receiving grants from the Center for Cooperative Media.PRPD panelists share how stations can grow the next big podcast
A session at the Public Radio Program Directors conference guided stations on finding their “podcast superpower.”At PRPD, NPR’s Oreskes talks details of journalism hubs with stations
“Most of what we are going to end up improving will be our local coverage or our regional coverage, which then will hopefully roll up to the really brilliant, insightful, informed national coverage,” Oreskes said.
Music format highlighting hip-hop, other genres seeks home on public radio
CPB is backing development of the new “Urban Alternative” format and looking for three stations to start airing it this year.Music station leaders discuss challenges in expanding digital presence
An attendee at the Public Radio Program Directors Conference asked whether public media should build its own music-streaming platform similar to Spotify and Pandora.Season 2 of ‘American Masters Podcast’ focuses on writers
New interviews with playwrights, authors and poets will be paired with previously unreleased conversations from the series’ 30-year archives.
Pubmedia consortia win MacArthur grants for diversity in documentaries
The National Black Programming Consortium receives $750,000 to launch a new initiative.Marketplace and BBC partner on new morning broadcast
News segments hosted by the BBC's Anu Anand will focus on top global business stories of the day.New study dives into public radio habits of millennials
“It’s not that they devalue national or international news from NPR or PRI, but the difference-maker for them is local,” said a researcher.Nandini Sen: We connect through shared experiences
A public radio story about migration helped Nandini Sen feel connected to the U.S. and led to her career in public media.How public radio is using Amazon's smart speakers
As more consumers buy smart speakers, stations are beginning to explore how they might reach new audiences with the technology.Public TV show breaks out family photos for ‘people’s history’ of Detroit
“There’s this connection between the family images that we choose to keep and the feeling attached to them."California's KVCR fast-tracks expansion of local production slate
A revamp of the Los Angeles region’s smallest public TV station includes original shows for underserved communities.Flurry of public media activities nearly eclipses celestial fever
Stations from Oregon to South Carolina will host events and capture the excitement.Black talents in public media you may not know but should
We asked readers to help recommend up-and-comers whose names we may not know but should.
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