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.”
KVCR staffers speak out as licensee considers plan to revamp station
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The licensee’s board will present a detailed plan in December to be approved by April. The plan may include cuts to NPR and PBS programming, as well as FNX.
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.”
People
Justine Nagan to leave AmDoc/‘POV’
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Nagan led several new initiatives, including the launch of “POV” shorts.
System/Policy
Ohio stations move forward with news collaborative
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A CPB grant will help the three stations develop a business and sustainability plan.
System/Policy
Ready To Learn grants to CPB, TPT back four new children’s TV series
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Additional programs will be produced by GBH in Boston and Dave Peth.
System/Policy
KVCR licensee weighs plan to drop NPR and PBS programs, end role with FNX
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The interim chancellor of the San Bernardino Community College District is recommending that the district convert its public TV and radio stations into a media training lab by 2023.
Programs/Content
Collaboration explores diversity of young Latino electorate
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“It starts shattering the monolith of Latinos or youth,” says a contributor to Every 30 Seconds.
Programs/Content
With down-to-earth discussions, GBH’s ‘All Rev’d Up’ highlights issues of faith and Black experience
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“The faith that we have is like blood in our bodies. … We can talk about real life, and you’ll see the stream of faith come through that.”
System/Policy
Staffers at WAMU and WBGO seek recognition of unions
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The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is representing both groups.
Programs/Content
Podcast explores racial inequities in criminal justice through hip-hop
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NPR Music’s “Louder Than a Riot” explores hip-hop as a “microcosm for the Black American experience” with the criminal justice system.