Programs/Content
How PBS can revive its pioneering spirit by embracing grassroots programming
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“As traditional broadcast gives way to new media, public television needs to dust off its early spirit of scrappy, decentralized innovation.”
NPR data shows staff diversity holding steady as voluntary turnover improves
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The NPR board’s DEI and development committees met last week to discuss diversity data and digital fundraising.
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System/Policy
Emily Donahue leaves Austin’s KUT for public-relations post
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Formerly news director at the station, Donahue will join Stratfor, a geopolitical intelligence firm.
System/Policy
OETA’s fundraising group asks court to intercede in disputes with station
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The OETA Foundation’s petition reveals acrimonious conflicts over everything from content production to management of CSGs.
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Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
‘The World Is Yours’: How the travelogue shaped early public broadcasting
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The globetrotting quality of public media is neither new nor politically neutral and has roots in the earliest days of American broadcasting.
System/Policy
If public radio’s smaller stations vanish, we all lose
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“The ice is melting beneath our feet with the current business model,” writes a station leader.
Quick Takes
WXXI to take over local alt-weekly
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Station President Norm Silverstein said the deal “helps WXXI to better serve our community.”
System/Policy
Public TV is best equipped to educate on channel repack, station GM tells lawmakers
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Bohdan Zachary of Milwaukee PBS testified in Congress Tuesday on the need for consumer education following the spectrum auction.
System/Policy
PBS Board adopts tiered pricing model for top sponsorships
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The board also heard that PBS’ old non–real-time satellite transponder will be turned off Jan. 2.
Quick Takes
New NPR tool provides richer data about podcast listening
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Remote Audio Data aims to help podcast creators and advertisers better understand their audiences.
Programs/Content
Creating ‘After Paradise,’ a public radio show for Northern California’s fire-ravaged communities
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How North State Public Radio’s exhausted news staff and a veteran public radio journalist conceived, birthed and launched a half-hour daily show within 72 hours.