System/Policy
Stanley Nelson, John Oliver among WGA members petitioning stations for fair freelancer contracts
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The petition accuses GBH, WNET Group and PBS SoCal of delaying their response to the union’s demands.
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.
People
PBS fills new post of arts adviser, Pittsburgh exec leads national Emmy academy, and other comings and goings
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PBS has hired Jane Chu, former head of the National Endowment for the Arts.
System/Policy
KPBS joins stations scaling back reading services as digital alternatives expand
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The station has ended locally produced readings from California newspapers, which relied on a part-time employee and more than 100 volunteers.
System/Policy
WHYY efforts focus on increasing racial diversity of staff, audiences
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WHYY is undertaking several projects to better understand itself and its audiences so that it can expand its reach to people of color.
System/Policy
Fargo building poses problems for public broadcaster’s signal
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The 18-story development will interfere with a Prairie Public Broadcasting transmitter.
System/Policy
WBAI hip-hop host quits following Lopate hiring, Twitter quarrel
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“This is incredibly painful, despite all their efforts to make the decision easier,” said host Jay Smooth.
System/Policy
Phoenix’s KJZZ opens second bureau south of the border
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The bureau’s reporting aims to help listeners “better understand economic globalization and its impact on the Southwest.”
Tech
Survey finds listening to news an ‘important driver’ for use of smart speakers
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Thirty-seven percent of respondents who had listened to news in the week before taking the survey said they had listened to at least two hours of news.
System/Policy
New Jersey takes chance on unique effort to boost local news
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Gov. Phil Murphy is poised to sign legislation to create a Civic Information Consortium by mid-August.
Obituaries
Morgenthau dies at 101; producer recalled as ‘beloved mentor’ at WGBH
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Henry Morgenthau III joined WGBH in 1957, just two years after it went on the air.
Engagement
How a station used ‘deep listening’ events to take on Sacramento’s housing crisis
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Capital Public Radio’s “Story Circles” brought wildly diverse residents face to face to envision a way forward.