Programs/Content
How ‘Radio Ambulante’ is sparking connections with in-person Listening Clubs
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Radio Ambulante Studios received funding this year to convene new Listening Clubs focused on issues of importance to Latino voters.
GBH sale of CAI building sparks pushback from community
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CAI staff are expected to remain in the building until a new location is found.
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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.
Programs/Content
NPR diversity VP steps in as interim Code Switch editor
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Code Switch’s previous leader started Monday as local/regional news director for WAMU in Washington, D.C.
Programs/Content
Independent Senate candidate sues Louisiana station over debate
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Troy Hebert wants to block the debate from airing Oct. 18 as scheduled.
People
A journalist’s story of hitting bottom and addressing drug addiction
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KQED’s John Sepulvado: “You can be part of this culture, you can be who you are and not drink.”
Obituaries
Longtime WNYC music host Oscar Brand dies at 96
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Brand hosted the station’s “Folklife Festival” for more than 70 years, earning him a Guinness world record.
Diversity
Nonprofit news outlets mirror overall media in diversity, according to ASNE survey
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The survey found that minority employment is at 23 percent for online-only sites, slightly higher than the 17 percent reported for daily newspapers.
System/Policy
TV spectrum auction enters next stage with new bidding, lower prices
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With an oversupply of astronomically priced spectrum offered in the auction’s first stage, Public Media Company analysts predict what’s ahead.
Programs/Content
History-themed ‘BackStory’ to end weekly hourlong radio show, continue as podcast
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Producers plan to keep providing segments and other broadcast content to stations.
Podcasting
KUOW partners with independent podcast about raising transgender child
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“How to Be a Girl” is hosted by an anonymous mother in Seattle.
NPR
Reshuffling of NPR Music includes farewell to ‘Microphone Check’ team
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The network is also deepening partnerships with stations and filling new roles in the division.
People
PBS makes changes, Sarasohn leaves NPR after 24 years and more comings and goings in public media
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PBS has reorganized its digital and marketing team, while also hiring and promoting executives in other departments.