Programs/Content
NEPM, Latino Newsletter team up for election-focused media training
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Journalist Julio Ricardo Varela is guiding high school students as they report on the Latino vote in western Massachusetts.
What public radio can learn from pro wrestling’s loyal fan base
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“Sometimes, the most valuable insights come from looking beyond our immediate environment.”
People
Thompson to lead Center for Investigative Reporting, APTS chooses trustees, and other comings and goings
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Matt Thompson will oversee CIR’s newsroom and its “Reveal” show and podcast.
Development
With more freedom on podcasts, pubmedia producers seek middle ground on commercial tone
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To answer a reader’s question, we asked NPR and WBUR how they approach advertising on podcasts.
A DJ looks back on 50 years on jazz radio in the nation’s capital
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Rusty Hassan has seen shows and stations come and go during his long career on Washington, D.C., airwaves, and he’s still at it.
System/Policy
WBUR employees set to vote on joining union
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“We appreciate management working with us and can’t wait to get started making WBUR an even better place to work,” a producer said.
Local that Works
North Country project on work is ‘embedded into the life of the station’
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The North Country at Work team now produces community events and storytelling evenings.
NPR
NPR White House reporter Scott Horsley moves to business desk
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Scott Horsley replaces John Ydstie, who retired in November.
Programs/Content
Alaska Public Media grant will enhance coverage of rural health
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The broadcaster received $500,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
System/Policy
Rhode Island PBS sticks with host after blackface photo emerges
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A 1986 photo depicted talk show host Jim Hummel dressed as Tubbs from “Miami Vice” for a Halloween party.
Programs/Content
WNYC hires Vox VP as chief content officer
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Golis will lead editorial strategy, program development and the integration of radio and digital for WNYC News, WNYC Radio and WNYC Studios.
Programs/Content
NPR refreshes ‘Morning Edition’ music to update sound, appeal to new listeners
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Coming to the air in May, the new suite of music will “better reflect what ‘Morning Edition’ is today,” said NPR CEO Jarl Mohn.