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.
People
Lin joins CPB as journalism VP, NY Public Radio hires COO and other comings and goings
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Joy Lin previously worked as a White House producer for Fox News during the Obama administration.
Programs/Content
Series of conversations between prisoners and community members wins Current’s Local That Works contest
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Alaska Public Media’s “Community in Unity” initiative aims to “get people who wouldn’t normally interact in the same room.”
Quick Takes
Arizona’s Cronkite School will manage CPB’s editorial leadership training
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The two-year project will train 100 editors to “strengthen their ability to lead public media’s growing newsrooms,” CPB said.
Programs/Content
Watch the four finalists in our Local That Works contest
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The winner, chosen by the audience at the Public Radio Super-Regional conference, will get $5,000.
1A
WAMU to take ‘1A Across America’ with CPB grant
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The two-year collaborative initiative, unveiled Thursday, establishes an editorial partnership between WAMU and six public media stations across the country.
Quick Takes
Idaho PTV objects to Republican remix of gubernatorial debate
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The clips were “augmented with a mocking laugh track,” according to a local newspaper.
System/Policy
Why a mantra is the best gift for a creative team
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Defining the work your station does in specific terms simplifies decisions and creates a framework for staff to understand how and why their jobs matter.
About Current
Letter from the executive editor: What does pubmedia need from its leaders?
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“Effective leadership emerges at the intersection of vision and humanism.”
Programs/Content
With community baby shower, Ohio news outlet puts healthy spin on ‘depressing topic’
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By celebrating healthy babies and moms, Richland Source aimed to draw attention to its county’s infant mortality problem.
People
NPR investigations unit adds to team, Berkes to retire
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Sacha Pfeiffer, whose work was the focus of the movie “Spotlight,” will join the team.