System/Policy
Alaska Public Media to expand broadcast reach through acquisition of TV station
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The station, previously a CBS affiliate, reaches more than 85,000 viewers in southern Anchorage.
StoryCorps’ union rallies for reversal of layoffs
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The CWA unit representing StoryCorps workers is challenging how management handled recent layoffs, alleging retaliation.
Programs/Content
Shorter news stories won’t solve public radio’s problems
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As Matthew McConaughey’s character says in “True Detective,” “Time is a flat circle.” It’s not a content strategy.
Obituaries
Marcia Killingsworth, GPB publicist for two decades, dies at 69
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After retiring from Atlanta’s WABE in 2008, Killingsworth pursued her interests in journalism.
Programs/Content
How marketing and community-engaged journalists can and should collaborate
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As we continue to bring a greater community focus into public media journalism, it is important to redefine how marketing can help journalism and journalism can help marketing.
Tech
How PBS is using AI to improve processes and systems for stations, staff and viewers
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The potential for AI and immersive tech to amplify our mission and impact should be a call to action for public media organizations to embrace and shape these technologies responsibly.
System/Policy
Dispatches from central Florida: Station GMs report on Hurricane Milton’s impact
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“We are tired, but we are all safe and well,” said Judith Smelser, president and GM of Central Florida Public Media in Orlando.
Tech
With Grove adoption nearly complete, stations look to enhancements, single sign-on
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With more than 200 public radio stations and NPR itself now using the Grove content management system for their websites, public media’s digital infrastructure overhaul is moving forward.
People
Comings and goings: CPB elects new board chair, PBS appoints VP …
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CPB’s board unanimously elected Ruby Calvert as chair.
System/Policy
CPB awards $2.65M for state government coverage
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The grants will benefit stations in seven states.
Programs/Content
Weekly WGCU show aims to create radio’s ‘secret sauce’ of news on public TV
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“Southwest Florida in Focus,” a half-hour of TV news for Fort Myers and beyond, launched as a cost-effective model for producing local coverage.