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Stanley Nelson, John Oliver among WGA members petitioning stations for fair freelancer contracts

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | 3 hours ago

The petition accuses GBH, WNET Group and PBS SoCal of delaying their response to the union’s demands.

The potential of AI voices: transforming news delivery and engagement

By Michael Crystal, Author (Generative AI in the Newsroom) | 4 hours ago

With advancements from OpenAI and Meta, newsrooms may adapt and build new features to enhance the reader and listener experience.

Nycklemoe heads Mountain Lake PBS, NPR shifts news staffers, and other comings and goings in public media

By Dru Sefton, Former Senior Editor | February 3, 2015

Nycklemoe succeeds Alice Recore, who became president in 2003 and retired Dec. 31.

Proposed federal budget includes level CPB funding, support for Ready To Learn, new interconnection system

By Current staff | February 2, 2015

The CPB funds, which are approved two years before being paid out, not only stay at the current level but would include annual increases of roughly 2.2 percent through 2025.

Louisiana network launches online archive of historic video

By Sophia Barnes | February 2, 2015

A new digital archive co-created by Louisiana Public Broadcasting contains more than 500 hours of streamable online video, including civil-rights era broadcasts, Louisiana-themed cooking shows and speeches by political leaders. The Louisiana Digital Media Archive went live Jan. 20 after more than five years of development, featuring videos from both public and commercial broadcasters. “One of our missions is to create TV worth watching,” said Beth Courtney, president of LPB and a 30-year veteran of the station. “If we’ve made 40 years of TV worth watching, it’s worth saving.”

LPB inventoried and digitized video artifacts from the civil-rights and World War II eras as part of an American Archives pilot project in 2009, a CPB-funded effort to create a national archive of public television content.

People

Public media women team up to tackle gender inequality in leadership

By Dru Sefton, Former Senior Editor | February 2, 2015

A group of female leaders has formed a committee to address issues of gender inequality in the executive ranks of public television and radio.

Programs/Content

How to pick theme music for your show, and how not to

By Adam Ragusea, Former Host, "The Pub" | January 30, 2015

The art of radio and TV theme music and how to improve it.

"The Pub" Podcast

The Pub, Episode 3: Podcasting tests definition of public media, Indiana governor does too

By Adam Ragusea, Former Host, "The Pub" | January 30, 2015

PRX CEO Jake Shapiro says “the definition of public media . . . has to be stretched.”

System/Policy

FCC schedules initial workshops on spectrum auctions

By Dru Sefton, Former Senior Editor | January 29, 2015

The workshops will run nationwide between February and May.

Development

APTS restructures to support strategic goals for state-level advocacy, public service

By | January 29, 2015

The Association of Public Television Stations has restructured its staff to align with recently adopted strategic goals, including efforts to promote best practices, increase state and federal funding and support advocacy for the system at large. Two key staffers are stepping up to manage the expanding workload. Kate Riley, director of government relations, has been promoted to v.p., government and public affairs; she will focus on advocacy and state and federal funding. Emil Mara, v.p. for finance and administration, will direct member services. The reorganization follows through on a strategic plan adopted by the APTS board of trustees in November, according to Pat Butler, president.