Programs/Content
How ‘Radio Ambulante’ is sparking connections with in-person Listening Clubs
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Radio Ambulante Studios received funding this year to convene new Listening Clubs focused on issues of importance to Latino voters.
GBH sale of CAI building sparks pushback from community
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CAI staff are expected to remain in the building until a new location is found.
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The U.S. public wants more news coverage of climate change, surveys find
As hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and heat waves have intensified over the past decade, public concern about climate change has grown dramatically. Today, 65% of the U.S. public is worried about the issue, up from 52% a decade ago, according to nationally representative surveys conducted by scientists at Yale University and George Mason University.
People
English rises to oversee content at MPT, CPB promotes Mrkoci and other comings and goings
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Michael English joined Maryland Public Television in 1985.
Local That Works
With AmGrad expansion, PBS Charlotte helps students visualize their dreams
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“I believed that the more we served this community, the more successful we would be,” said PBS Charlotte’s GM.
About Current
How Current measured up with its latest NewsMatch campaign
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Donations are translating into nearly $40,000 to support us, but we’re disappointed that we didn’t bring in more.
System/Policy
‘I’ll have to start watching PBS much more,’ Trump says
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“I was surprised, based on everything I’ve heard about them,” Trump said of a report on North Korea.
System/Policy
Court documents indicate Oklahoma’s OETA could sever ties with foundation
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The Oklahoma state-owned network also delivered an eviction notice to its foundation, which shares leased space in its building.
Quick Takes
New York’s WMHT expands Triple A service to new FM signal
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WMHT acquired an FM station in September that will now simulcast its WEXT signal.
System/Policy
California’s KVCR lays off 35 staffers as it scales back local production strategy
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“Going forward we generally want to mitigate production risk,” said interim GM Keith Birkfeld.
System/Policy
Readers share 2018 highlights and hopes for next year
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What made your 2018 special, and what’s your wish for 2019? Here’s what our readers said.
Programs/Content
For his WBEZ podcast, a storyteller shares the spotlight to profile people ‘in a big ole mess’
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“I’ve done plenty of talking about my own troubles,” Shannon Cason said on the debut episode of “The Trouble.” “But I want to talk to other people about theirs.”
System/Policy
‘Creative financing,’ local partnerships boost Rocky Mountain Public Media capital campaign
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The campaign is supporting RMPM’s new headquarters, with a planned opening by March 2020.