Tech
The potential of AI voices: transforming news delivery and engagement
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With advancements from OpenAI and Meta, newsrooms may adapt and build new features to enhance the reader and listener experience.
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.
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.
People
Public radio reporter helps rescue dogs while on assignment in Arizona
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“If I have to put my digital tape recorder down to help, I will,” said reporter Casey Kuhn.
Quick Takes
Craigslist founder donates $2.5M to New York Public Radio
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The gift will help “fuel the integration and expansion of WNYC and Gothamist.”
People
KQED’s Boland to retire, NETA reorganizes, and more comings and goings
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Boland has led KQED since 2010.
Quick Takes
PRI/PRX lays off six employees
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“For us to be successful, we had to streamline our organization,” said CEO Kerri Hoffman.
Programs/Content
KUOW podcast engages local audience with practical tips for fighting workplace sexism
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Fans of “Battle Tactics for Your Sexist Workplace” “find something in it that resonates with them, makes them feel like they are empowered to walk into work and can change things for the better,” says a co-host.
System/Policy
One year in, KCRW Berlin preserves a U.S. diplomacy mission via radio
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Backers of U.S. public radio’s sole overseas outpost hope that it can be both a marketing opportunity for KCRW and a unifying force for its city,
System/Policy
NPR hires Houston Chronicle editor to lead newsroom
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The announcement comes nearly a year after Michael Oreskes resigned from the job following sexual harassment claims.
Development
Collaborative process leads to new underwriting rules for PBS
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The previous PBS Funding Standards and Practices document ran 22 pages; the update is just under 13.
Quick Takes
NPR sued over website accessibility
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A suit alleges that a lack of closed captioning on NPR.org makes it difficult for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals to use the site.