Programs/Content
WOSU rolls out multiplatform project on elderly caregiving
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INSIDE: Caregiving, the first production to be funded through WOSU’s new endowment, aims to help audiences understand and prepare for the challenges of elder care.
Proposal to eliminate Arkansas State Library and PBS governing boards passes Senate
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Democratic Sens. Jamie Scott of North Little Rock and Clarke Tucker of Little Rock expressed concerns that Arkansas PBS would lose both federal and private funding if its governance were no longer independent of the executive branch.
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The accent of your musical taste
Music is often referred to as a “universal language” — one that transcends the difference of spoken language and unites us in our shared humanity. This universality extends beyond our common love of music across cultures to the actual nuts of bolts of musical practice.
Programs/Content
13 tips for facilitating youth media programs with teens who are incarcerated
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Young people’s voices and perspectives are often left out of news coverage. One way to address that? Pass the mic.
Programs/Content
Are public media podcasts facing a ‘Moneyball’ moment?
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In an era where the “easy money” is gone, celebrity sluggers are beyond reach, and commercial outfits are pulling back, public radio organizations can win by leaning into data and ideas.
Programs/Content
With return of ‘Lost Notes,’ KCRW reinvests in limited-run podcasts
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The next season looks at L.A. as a “prismatic reflection point” in artists’ development, says producer Myke Dodge Weiskopf.
Programs/Content
How public radio’s ‘The Middle’ seeks overlooked perspectives between the coasts
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Host Jeremy Hobson returns to his roots to highlight America’s geographic, political and ideological middle.
Programs/Content
Marfa Public Radio podcast turns dull documents into bedtime fare
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“Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep” featured somnolent readings of the Public Broadcasting Act, NPR’s style guide and more.
People
Comings and goings: NPR board elects Jennifer Ferro as chair, network names chief arts editor …
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Ferro succeeds Jeff Sine in the role.
Development
October CDP Index: Encouraging trends continue in membership growth, new donors
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Radio stations, however, persist in showing a “consistent and concerning downward trend” in new donor acquisition.
Obituaries
Samuel C. O. Holt, author of seminal study on public radio, dies at 87
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Public radio “might not have been if the Public Radio Study had not been done.”
System/Policy
Representation of Asian, Black and Hispanic staffers grows at public media stations
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Only the percentage of Native American staffers at stations declined since 2022, according to new CPB data on CSG grantees.
People
Comings and goings: NPR shuffles political teams, KERA appoints executive editor …
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Deepa Shivaram is now a White House correspondent for NPR.