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Upcoming shows refresh food and travel genres with multicultural focus
"The Great American Recipe," "America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston" and "American Historia" all bring new angles to familiar formulas.Comings and goings: Nine PBS promotes Denise Kahle to CFO, Antonia Carew-Watts becomes ITVS VP …
Kahle joined Nine PBS in 2017 as accounting manager and has also been controller.Project to diversify classical recordings wins 2021 Local that Works contest
All Classical Portland’s Recording Inclusivity Initiative was voted winner of the 2021 Local that Works contest.
KEXP Executive Director Tom Mara to retire
Mara has been executive director since 2000.In a new NPR podcast, Jay Williams hopes to take his guests to ‘The Limits’
The former basketball star turned ESPN commentator Williams will ask his guests “how they continue to build their own businesses and hustle to the point of their own personal brand ... because that's exactly where I am in my life.”StoryCorps names two to officer positions
"I have no doubt that Lisa and Mary Beth's collective leadership and extensive experience will help propel StoryCorps forward as we expand our important work in the years ahead."
Molly Wood to leave American Public Media
Wood has hosted "Marketplace" shows since 2015.How producers of PBS’ prime-time series got their shows back on track during COVID
Remote production protocols, acquisitions and streamlined formats helped executive producers make up for disrupted timelines, shuttered studios and travel restrictions.Why public media should just say no to Facebook's money
Nobody’s realization that Facebook is out of control came just this year. So why did NPR ever accept its sponsorship dollars?Comings and goings: PBS selects new VPs, NPR names standards and practices editor …
One new PBS VP is Adaora Udoji, a former co-host of “The Takeaway.”New cafe inside 88Nine Radio Milwaukee studios seeks to open up station to the community
The station wants Milwaukeeans to be immersed in its music and food when a restaurant opens early next year.‘Alma’s Way’ outreach reflects heritage for young Latino viewers in rural Tennessee and beyond
Stations and their community partners are welcoming the show’s social and emotional curriculum with virtual events and interactive in-school workshops.CPB and Sesame Workshop partner for grant program to boost youth media
At least 10 stations will receive $15,000 each and join a six-month accelerator program next year.ITVS controller Michael Shiro dies at 59
Shiro "brought analytical acumen, ethical rigor and humor to the sober business of managing the federal public funds that supported 1,000-plus independent documentary filmmakers over his tenure."KUOW shares hiring toolkit aimed at increasing staff diversity
The Seattle station received a CPB grant to distribute the toolkit, which details every aspect of the recruitment process.
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