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.”
Tech
Youth Radio partners with MIT program to create new app
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The app seeks to broaden Youth Radio’s audience and increase engagement with its stories.
Quick Takes
NPR to launch new podcast, ‘Hidden Brain’
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The new podcast from NPR’s Science Desk aims to “reveal patterns that drive human behavior.”
People
How a militant Puerto Rican activist group influenced public media
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After raising hell in the streets of Spanish Harlem, several of the Young Lords got into broadcasting and journalism.
People
NPR book critic Alan Cheuse dies at 75
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“In two minutes every week, Alan paid his respects to good writing in his soft, intense, passionate voice.”
System/Policy
Kentucky radio stations look to expand collaboration on programming, development
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“The people that will gain the most from this are our listeners.”
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #30: Mike Pesca on life after NPR
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“I loved NPR, I still do. I kind of love it for its flaws, as well.”
Programs/Content
Texas stations launch newsroom collaboration
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The initiative grows out of the stations’ partnership on producing the daily newsmagazine Texas Standard.
Greater Public
Greater Public President Doug Eichten to retire
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Eichten began leading the organization, then known as Development Exchange Inc., in 1997.
Podcasting
What a public radio program director learned at Podcast Movement 2015
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Roman Mars is a hero, there’s a problem with dude overload, and more.
Programs/Content
PBS appeals to indie filmmakers with bigger marketing budget, multiplatform strategy
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An arts festival will promote a documentary about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, among other films.