System/Policy
Texas Public Radio employees seek to unionize amid leadership transition
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The staffers say the union would “safeguard our organization’s future success.”
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.”
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Project Core: A vision for scale and growth
Over the past three years, CentralCast has been hard at work implementing critical upgrades that lay the foundation for a more resilient and advanced future. And now, the culmination of these efforts is taking shape in our most ambitious initiative yet: Project Core.
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.
Programs/Content
With generous help from volunteers, overextended California station creates local show about wildfire recovery
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After the regional Society of Professional Journalists put out a call for journalists to help North State Public Radio’s two-person newsroom, veteran host Tess Vigeland stepped in to direct the launch of “After Paradise,” a daily news show.
Programs/Content
WGBH collaboration with NASA to yield new resources for space education
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Over 50 activities allow students of all ages to learn about complicated space phenomena.
System/Policy
‘Car Talk’ donation program splits from CARS/V-Dac merger
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An announcement from “Car Talk” EP Doug Berman surprised competitor CARS and left some stations flummoxed.
System/Policy
Alaska pubcasters pitch in to help Koahnic, station hit hardest by quake damage
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Koahnic’s KNBA may not be able to return to its studios and offices for months.
People
Evans to leave PRPD, W.Va. pubcaster picks new leader and other comings and goings
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Jody Evans, selected to lead PRPD in 2014, wants to return to working at a station.
System/Policy
Public media must reimagine itself for a new era — or give up ‘reason to exist’
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“The time is right to re-examine basic assumptions about public media and to ask, anew, essential questions,” writes an outgoing CPB board member.
Programs/Content
New PBS policy for overlap markets would tighten rules, give Passport to secondary stations
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The proposed revisions to the Program Differentiation Plan are the first major update since 1995.
About Current
Letter from the executive director: Checking your list twice
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Your donation is our most rewarding source of revenue. It’s a vote of confidence, and it truly helps us close the year in a spirit of celebration.
System/Policy
New NFCB initiative seeks sustainable models for community radio
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The organization will work with 10 stations to combat problems shared by broadcasters throughout community radio.