Programs/Content
Indian Country Today expands into TV with weekday news show
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ICT’s eponymous program covers breaking news, politics, COVID-19 data and popular culture relating to Indigenous communities.
The ‘Local that Works’ — and what’s still needed
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“The presence of frontline reporters throughout the country provides a different sort of opportunity for public media journalism: to surprise, to uncover, to find not just the local angle but the issues that are most engaging local citizens and might be of broader interest as well.”
System/Policy
WBGO staffers form union
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The SAG-AFTRA bargaining unit became official through a card check agreement with management.
Local That Works
Sahan Journal wins 2020 Local that Works contest
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The nonprofit news organization won $20,000 in Current’s annual competition.
People
Donald Boswell announces plans to leave WNED/WBFO
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Boswell led the Buffalo, N.Y., stations through a 2012 merger to strengthen public radio news service for the region.
Programs/Content
To truly reflect diversity, PBS must end its overreliance on Ken Burns as ‘America’s Storyteller’
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It’s time to rethink PBS’ commitments to one man’s lens on American history and culture, writes filmmaker Grace Lee.
People
Comings and goings: Sharahn Thomas-Fulton named NPR VP, Houston Public Media promotes two …
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Thomas-Fulton has helped with planning and logistics for every live news event covered by NPR since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
People
Sylvia Bugg promoted to PBS chief programming exec
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Bugg will replace Perry Simon, who informed PBS he was stepping down this summer.
System/Policy
Coalition organizes day of action for movement to fix public media’s workplace culture
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Public Media for All calls on those who seek to improve diversity, equity and inclusion across the system to take a break from work Nov. 10.
Programs/Content
WNIN taps college students to highlight untold stories of COVID’s impact on Midwest
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The station promises that listeners “won’t hear these pandemic stories anywhere else.”
Programs/Content
API microgrants boost public radio stations’ election coverage
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The funded projects seek to “cater creatively to the local information needs of voters or tackle misinformation directly.”