Programs/Content
Kentucky Public Radio’s recipe for a statewide voter guide success
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It takes some planning to create a voter guide that geolocates users, but the payoff is entirely worth it.
Why public media must support colleagues in the path of climate disasters
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We in public media often refer to our little world as “the system.” If we are, in fact, an interdependent system, fundraising to support fellow stations and staffers in distress is the kind of thing we can do to prove it.
System/Policy
KTWU’s licensee urges FCC to strengthen cable carriage protections for noncommercial stations
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In a complaint to the commission, Washburn University of Topeka describes a “concerted strategy” by Comcast of Missouri to undermine must-carry protections for KTWU.
System/Policy
A newsroom guide to covering the coronavirus outbreak
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“This story is different. … We are all living this story and covering it.”
Programs/Content
Where friends disagree, agreeably: How ‘The McLaughlin Group’ returned to television
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“The McLaughlin Group” is expanding its national reach through public TV, podcasts, commercial radio and YouTube.
People
Sonya Forte Duhé named Arizona PBS CEO
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Duhé will replace outgoing CEO Christopher Callahan in July.
System/Policy
PBS cancels spring meetings due to coronavirus concerns
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PBS TechCon and the PBS Annual Meeting were scheduled for April and May.
System/Policy
NPR, stations prepare for possible impact of coronavirus: ‘This may be a marathon, not a sprint’
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Stations are limiting travel, preparing for remote work and giving staffers their own microphone covers.
Local That Works
Voice of San Diego’s guide to public schools gives audiences more of what they want
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“We have never produced a product that people were this excited about and wanted this much,” says Scott Lewis, VOSD’s chief editor.
People
Comings and goings: Station manager ascends in Houston, KVIE expands development team …
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Joshua Adams, who joined Houston Public Media in 2012, helped launch the Texas Newsroom collaborative.
Programs/Content
BBC Studios invests in pubmedia-owned podcast platform
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NPR, WBEZ and WNYC Studios are also co-owners of Pocket Casts.
System/Policy
Miami school board rejects challenge to selection process for manager of WLRN
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The petition was filed by a friends group that had bid to run the joint licensee.