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
What does the public radio host of the future look and sound like?
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The executive producer of WAMU’s successor to “The Diane Rehm Show” shares how the station is evaluating host candidates.
Obituaries
Mark Handley, former New Hampshire Public Radio president and NPR board chairman, dies at 74
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Handley was president and CEO of NHPR for 15 years.
System/Policy
CPB IG audit finds station’s digital syndication revenue can’t count as fundraising
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“The mechanisms for funding our work are evolving in the digital space,” responded TPT President Jim Pagliarini.
People
Stanley Nelson urges academy to reach beyond comfort zone for new talent
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Accepting an award for lifetime achievements, Nelson said that television has failed to tell “the full American story.”
Quick Takes
NPR’s website draws record audience during first presidential debate
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More than 5 million users visited NPR.org Monday.
People
Even after retiring, MPR founder Bill Kling seeks to improve public radio
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Kling retired in 2011 but still has plenty to say about his field.
Programs/Content
Glass: Stations must create to survive
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The best way for stations to deal with their anxieties about on-demand listening, Glass advised, is to experiment with podcasting.
Tech
Analysts call for change in pubTV workforce, culture under ATSC 3.0 standard
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Under the new standard, television will become “a key part of a network infrastructure in the home,” according to consultant Vinnie Curren. The change has implications for “the kind of people we hire and the culture that we’re building.”
People
‘Fresh Air’ host Terry Gross awarded National Humanities Medal
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A citation noted Gross’s “artful probing of the human experience.”
Awards
With seven wins for ‘Frontline,’ PBS tops TV networks in News & Documentary Emmys
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“My Brother’s Bomber” and “ISIS in Afghanistan” both received two statuettes.