System/Policy
How stations are enhancing statehouse journalism with CPB funding
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With its latest round of funding, CPB has invested $4.9 million in its state government initiative.
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.
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The U.S. public wants more news coverage of climate change, surveys find
As hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and heat waves have intensified over the past decade, public concern about climate change has grown dramatically. Today, 65% of the U.S. public is worried about the issue, up from 52% a decade ago, according to nationally representative surveys conducted by scientists at Yale University and George Mason University.
System/Policy
Big Bird’s finances come under scrutiny at House budget hearing
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Where are the tax returns, Big Bird?
Quick Takes
Bluegrass FM signal in Washington, D.C., suburbs will go off air
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The service will continue online and on an HD radio channel.
Tech
Could the auto-transcription service Trint be cheaper?
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We ask the founder of Trint if he could drop prices and pursue a more volume-based business model.
System/Policy
FCC moves to drop regulations on broadcasters’ main studio operations
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Public broadcasters agree with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai that rules intended to ensure public access to local stations have become “outdated and unnecessarily burdensome.”
Programs/Content
Free To Choose founder moves on after career of promoting ‘winning ideas of freedom’
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Bob Chitester, head of the libertarian-leaning production company, will retire this summer.
System/Policy
Trump’s 2018 budget calls for phasing out public broadcasting funds
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The $30 million for CPB is intended for “an orderly closeout of federal funding.”
Programs/Content
As Cosby faces trial, WHYY podcast looks at how hometown views native son
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The show examines the man who wore Philly on his chest and what locals are saying about him.
Quick Takes
Latest version of Trump budget reportedly maintains push to end CPB funding
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“There is a little money in the budget left to allow us to wind down the federal position,” said OMB director Mick Mulvaney.
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Rekha Murthy: ‘Public radio is embedded in my being’
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Murthy grew up listening to public radio and finds that even as her media choices expand, she always comes back to it.
Programs/Content
NPR’s first podcast for kids comes at the right time
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NPR fans didn’t know that they had waited 47 years for children’s programming until a few weeks ago.