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.
Programs/Content
TV stations ramp up local productions tied to women’s suffrage movement
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Building on the theme of PBS’ summer schedule, education specialists aim to bring voices of more women into learning media.
System/Policy
Trump budget again proposes zeroing out public broadcasting funds
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The proposed budget also seeks to zero out Ready To Learn.
People
NPR’s Loren Mayor to leave for WWF
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NPR CEO John Lansing called Mayor “the NPR mission personified.”
Programs/Content
MHz Networks cuts public TV Worldview channel to focus on streaming
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Fans who want to keep watching MHz’s international dramas will have to pay for MHz Choice, a streaming service.
People
Amy Shaw named Nine Network CEO
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Shaw is the first woman to lead the station in its 65-year history.
People
Comings and goings: California hub hires managing editor, Alhadeff joins leadership institute …
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Joanne Griffith will start in her new role with a focus on election coverage.
Local That Works
KMUW’s ‘Democracy on Tap’ assembles new town square with happy-hour vibe
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Wichita is a ”big little city with real issues and ambitions,” says Sarah Jane Crespo. She created events where listeners learn about and discuss issues affecting the city.
People
Mark Samels retires from ‘American Experience,’ Susan Bellows named acting EP
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Samels supervised more than 130 historical documentaries during his 16 years as EP.
People
Post-‘Radiolab,’ Robert Krulwich plans many more experiments with storytelling
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The master of entertaining listeners while explaining complex topics is working with a “new mafia” of media creators.
System/Policy
They’re alive — but NPR wants to drive a stake in ‘Franken FMs’
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In an FCC proceeding, the network argued that FM radio services operated by low-power TV stations are a “grossly inefficient use of spectrum.”