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.
FCC
Public radio outlets ask FCC for pass on online public files
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Maintaining online public files would be too big a burden for some radio stations, pubcasters argue.
System/Policy
Stations face 2.5 percent dues hike in PBS’s proposed 2016 budget
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If approved, the proposed assessment increase will go toward general audience programming.
KQED
KQED tries out Square Cash to boost mobile giving
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KQED joined up with Square when the mobile payment processor expanded its Square Cash app to include nonprofits and businesses.
Programs/Content
Al Letson brings his storytelling voice to new podcast Errthang
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Al Letson is channeling his talents as a slam poet and performer into a new podcast.
Programs/Content
Technicians’ union objects to NPR proposal to reduce job protections
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The union supporting NPR’s engineers and audio technicians is pushing back against new contract proposals.
People
Four new staffers at Colorado Public Radio, Marketplace hires a reporter and more comings and goings in pubmedia
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WFPL-FM, part of Louisville Public Media in Kentucky, has hired Tara Anderson as arts and culture correspondent.
People
Longtime GPB producer, writer Gerald Bryant dies at 69
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“For years, Gerald was the epicenter of everything creative at GPB,” said a colleague.
Quick Takes
Friday roundup: Jarl Mohn, James Baker and an NPR gap in the Caribbean
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Our guide to the news and links you might have missed this week.
Documentaries
Final listening tour event taps filmmakers for ideas
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Representatives from PBS spurred discussion about promotion, distribution and scheduling of independent films on public TV.
Ethics
NPR clarifies its code of ethics for acquired shows
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NPR has updated its ethics handbook to clarify how it applies to hosts such as Diane Rehm, whose advocacy work prompted a review.