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.
Programs/Content
Promising filmmakers receive Jacquie Jones scholarships
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Four documentary projects are receiving support from a fund honoring the late executive director of Black Public Media.
System/Policy
With new strategic plan, Native Public Media seeks collective ‘vision for tomorrow’
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The organization representing Native radio and TV stations is considering priorities that include CPB compliance, international communications policies, and sharing content among members.
System/Policy
WBUR union drops complaint against management, looks to June negotiations
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SAG-AFTRA had said that WBUR management was refusing to set dates for bargaining meetings.
Featured in Category
It turns out that public media does indeed rock, and here’s a playlist to prove it
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Forty of your colleagues shared their musical talents with us — dive into our eclectic playlist.
System/Policy
House Appropriations Committee approves increased Ready To Learn funding, $495M for CPB
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The bill would boost Ready To Learn funding by more than $2 million.
Featured in Category
Comings and goings: Crossan tapped as ‘World’ EP, radio journalists picked as Nieman Fellows …
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Plus new faces (and voices) at NPR, WAMU and “Latino USA.”
Development
Greater Public unveils pilot program to improve major-gift fundraising
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The two-year project will develop, test and share best practices for cultivating high-wealth donors.
People
From student-run KALX to KPCC, Bill Davis recalls a career of defying conventional wisdom
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After building the Los Angeles station into a regional news powerhouse, Davis says it’s easy to forget how “almost everyone in public media” predicted that his efforts to revive the station would fail.
People
LaFontaine E. Oliver named next GM of Baltimore’s WYPR
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Oliver previously led the city’s WEAA-FM from 2007–13.
People
New PRPD president looks to visit stations, expand year-round projects
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Abby Goldstein leaves Pittsburgh’s WYEP to take the position starting in June.