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“Sometimes, the most valuable insights come from looking beyond our immediate environment.”
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“Sometimes, the most valuable insights come from looking beyond our immediate environment.”
After the hurricane wiped out infrastructure across western North Carolina, BPR focused on basic information, such as road outages and where to get drinking water.
The commission declined to reimburse wireless provider T-Mobile and left reimbursing radio stations a lower priority.
Broadcasters in Nebraska, Texas and Florida are learning how to engage viewers with immersive media productions.
“Denverite provides extensive coverage of what’s happening in the city, giving CPR News even more opportunity to focus on stories with statewide interest,” said CPR Executive Editor Kevin Dale.
Whether the on-demand audio startup succeeds or fails, it’s great news for public media, though your nerves might beg to differ. Here’s why.
The expansion is part of the show’s push to become an around-the-clock news provider.
Reporters for NJ Spotlight and NJTV, the public TV network operated by WNET in the state, will collaborate on broadcast and online content.
“Hometown Create” will include full-length cooking, travel, gardening and other how-to shows produced by local stations.
“Don’t try to tack listening onto a performance or ‘normal’ event — make listening the entire point.”
Staffers at NPR and member stations will work full-time in four-month stints to address digital engagement, network collaboration and on-demand audio.
One outcome discussed at a meeting Wednesday would maintain the Miami-Dade school district’s ownership of WLRN, while the other looks toward independence.