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.”
System/Policy
PMJA’s Editor Corps initiative gets CPB support
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More than a dozen stations requested assistance in the project’s first two weeks.
Tech
How to record a music show at home with Audacity
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With equipment you probably have at home already, you can create a program even during the pandemic.
Programs/Content
‘In the Dark’ podcast pauses production of new season for special report on COVID-19
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Journalists revisited sources from the show’s second season to examine the pandemic’s effects on Mississippi.
System/Policy
APM, MPR initiate staff reductions by offering voluntary buyouts, furloughs
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About two dozen staffers have agreed to separate from the organization or take furloughs.
Programs/Content
With virtual proms, public radio stations give teens another shot at their big night
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As schools cancel high-school proms due to COVID-19 concerns, two public radio stations held online events to meet the need.
Programs/Content
Viewers flock to public TV for news, food shows during lockdown
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A spike in audience for “NewsHour” came from viewers tuning in more frequently.
Tech
Public Media Group buys WGBH share in Public Media Management venture
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WGBH’s decision to sell its interest in PMM is part of a pattern in which the Boston-based public media giant has incubated business ventures and spun them off.
Featured in Category
On Building Resilience: Letter from the executive director
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Current has joined forces with Greater Public, Public Media Journalists Association, Public Radio Program Directors and Local that Works founder Mark Fuerst on “Building Resilience,” a new webinar series.
System/Policy
CPB board votes to boost CSG pool with delay of Healthy Network Initiative
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The initiative’s $1 million will instead be distributed to aid stations amid the pandemic.