Programs/Content
NEPM, Latino Newsletter team up for election-focused media training
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Journalist Julio Ricardo Varela is guiding high school students as they report on the Latino vote in western Massachusetts.
What public radio can learn from pro wrestling’s loyal fan base
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“Sometimes, the most valuable insights come from looking beyond our immediate environment.”
Stations
Upcoming departure of COO prompts reorganization at KPBS
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Four associate general managers with expanded responsibilities will report to the GM.
Stations
Seattle’s KEXP receives state funds for new headquarters
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The new studios are expected to open next spring.
PBS
PBS asks a Martha’s Vineyard organization to drop ‘PBS’ from its name
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Martha’s Vineyard Public Broadcasting Station — MVPBS — is also the subject of a local newspaper investigation.
Awards
CPB to honor NPR journalists
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David Gilkey and Ofeibea Quist-Arcton were part of the NPR team that covered the Ebola crisis earlier this year.
System/Policy
NPR’s vision for collaborative news coverage holds promise, but challenges remain
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As NPR and stations develop a new model, a former station-based editor offers a few suggestions.
Obituaries
Ben Wattenberg, longtime host of public TV’s ‘Think Tank,’ dies at 81
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Wattenberg also hosted weekly programs produced by WGBH in Boston and WETA in Arlington, Va.
Tech
NPR offers new interconnection option for public radio networks
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The new offering promises pubcasters a simpler way to provide more localized programming over state and regional networks.
Stations
APMG plans organizational changes, no more ‘business as usual’
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An internal memo announced structural changes and cuts to staff and programs as part of an effort to focus resources.
Diversity
How KPCC worked to grow its Latino audience in Los Angeles
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It took getting through a difficult period of culture change at the station.
Quick Takes
Study points to lack of diversity on NPR and member station boards
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A new study finds that boards of NPR and eight large-market public radio stations are made up mostly of men, white people and people with corporate connections.