Programs/Content
Kentucky Public Radio’s recipe for a statewide voter guide success
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It takes some planning to create a voter guide that geolocates users, but the payoff is entirely worth it.
Why public media must support colleagues in the path of climate disasters
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We in public media often refer to our little world as “the system.” If we are, in fact, an interdependent system, fundraising to support fellow stations and staffers in distress is the kind of thing we can do to prove it.
System/Policy
Pacifica Radio Archives director resigns after pay cut
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Staffing cuts are putting support for the archives at risk.
Development
Media central to philanthropic strategies, report says
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Between 2009 and 2013, U.S. funders gave more than $5.5 billion in media grants to more than 10,000 organizations, the report said.
Programs/Content
Florida stations join project studying costs of health care
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The stations are casting some sunshine on the costs of common medical procedures such as MRIs.
People
PRNDI chooses board president, Seabrook joins ‘Marketplace’, and other comings and goings in public media
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Also, Las Vegas TV stations cancel a nightly interview show.
System/Policy
Seven ways public media can attract a more diverse workforce
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Panelists at the Public Radio News Directors Inc. conference shared tips on recruiting and retaining people of color.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #68: Betcha can’t fix this script!
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Editors play our game live at the Public Radio News Directors Inc. conference in St. Louis.
Programs/Content
Unreleased interviews appear on new ‘American Masters’ podcast
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The biweekly podcast will draw on content from 2,156 tapes of more than 800 interviews.
System/Policy
Illinois public TV network reduces airtime to save money
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The network recently lost a foundation donor and a production contract, which totaled about 17 percent of the annual budget.
Programs/Content
Judge dismisses suit over ‘To the Contrary’ content
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“We got stuck in the middle of a dispute,” said Bonnie Erbe, host of the weekly news-analysis show.
Obituaries
Nonso Christian Ugbode, digital director for National Black Programming Consortium, dies at 34
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“In his too-short 10-year career in public media, he changed the game, whether you know it or not, whether he knew it or not.”