System/Policy
Vegas PBS seeks to dismiss lawsuits filed by former employee
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The lawsuits filed by a former director of digital marketing accuse station leaders and other parties of defamation and discrimination.
North Dakota’s Prairie Public dodges bill threatening to end state funding
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A bill attempting to end state funding for public broadcasting failed to make it out of committee.
Programs/Content
How serendipity, the 1986 World Series and believing in possibilities changed my filmmaking career
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When Henry Hampton called, “I was unemployed and living in New Orleans with no money for another film, no prospects at all. Everything changed after that.”
People
APM names Joanne Griffith CCO of podcast division
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APM also promoted Thomas De Napoli to chief strategy officer of APM Studios.
System/Policy
Public broadcasters ask FCC to update forms with nonbinary gender options
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Law firm Foster Garvey PC has seen “an increasing number of licensees” that have “expressed concerns with the binary options provided to answer the question of gender” on some FCC forms.
Development
These stations are adopting new strategies to attract more diverse donors
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“We spend a lot of time thinking in the clouds and being a little more highbrow and not coming out of those offices and coming down to the people,” said Nikki Swarn, GM and PD at The Drop. “So many public media stations don’t make that entry point as simplistic as it could be.”
Programs/Content
Michigan Radio adds grant-funded criminal justice beat
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The Public Welfare Foundation backed a new reporting position and community-focused events.
Programs/Content
NEH pandemic relief grants boost indie filmmakers
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ITVS, Firelight Media, the Sundance Institute and Appalshop Inc. received $5.5 million for filmmaking initiatives and other projects.
Programs/Content
Comings and goings: Frazier promoted at South Carolina ETV, Pizzi joins Public Media Venture Group …
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Stephanie Frazier joined SCETV in 2019.
System/Policy
New NPR SAG-AFTRA contract expands parental leave, includes DEI provisions
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Unit members overwhelmingly approved the three-year deal.
People
Kristen Blessman to lead PBS12
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Blessman will join the station after leading the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce.