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
At PBS Board meeting, Kerger hints at Gates Foundation digital funding
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Kerger noted that PBS and the funder “have come close” to agreement.
Quick Takes
Public radio show campaigns for new presidential debate format
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The producer of public radio’s Intelligence Squared U.S. wants you to sign a petition.
People
How public radio has ‘far exceeded’ Bill Siemering’s vision
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“Everyone should be grateful that there is National Public Radio in this country.”
Programs/Content
A look at previous presidents joins PBS lineup of election coverage
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Six American Experience episodes will be rebroadcast in August.
Development
Serving mission, seeking profits through public benefit corporations
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RadioPublic joins a cadre of startups choosing the new hybrid structure.
Programs/Content
Kids do listen to podcasts — so what next?
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Producers of podcasts for kids are teaming up and “working towards the goal of a healthy ecosystem of high-quality kids podcasts.”
Quick Takes
Pew report highlights increase in NPR podcast listeners
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Terrestrial broadcast audiences for NPR remained flat.
Quick Takes
WHYY partners with nonprofit on storytelling project
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The station will work with local nonprofit First Person Arts to develop live events, a radio program and a podcast.
Programs/Content
PBS Digital Studios pursues more local content with less of a budget
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PBSDS is searching for a way to support itself as it trains stations to create web-first content for younger audiences.
Programs/Content
Remembering a public TV drama that delved into lives of black Chicagoans
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In the late ’60s, a short-lived WTTW series told a police officer’s story with blunt language and authentic detail.