System/Policy
How stations are enhancing statehouse journalism with CPB funding
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With its latest round of funding, CPB has invested $4.9 million in its state government initiative.
Stanley Nelson, John Oliver among WGA members petitioning stations for fair freelancer contracts
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The petition accuses GBH, WNET Group and PBS SoCal of delaying their response to the union’s demands.
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The U.S. public wants more news coverage of climate change, surveys find
As hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and heat waves have intensified over the past decade, public concern about climate change has grown dramatically. Today, 65% of the U.S. public is worried about the issue, up from 52% a decade ago, according to nationally representative surveys conducted by scientists at Yale University and George Mason University.
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
After 50 years on TV, has Sesame Street been gentrified?
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To one viewer and parent, competitive pressures and fading institutional knowledge have compromised the show’s “gritty urban utopianism.”
Obituaries
Fundraising leader and consultant Barbara Appleby dies at 57
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Colleagues credit Appleby with promoting sustaining memberships and boosting many stations’ listener support.
Programs/Content
Current Crossword: ‘Personality Test’
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Our latest public media–themed crossword features a host of posers.
Programs/Content
PBS, Futuro Media receive NEH grants
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The grants are supporting documentaries and digital films.
People
Dream a little dream with music from pubmedia tunesmiths
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We take a deeper dive into our “Public Media Rocks” playlist and highlight some whimsical and ethereal songs by public media’s musical geniuses.
Programs/Content
‘America’s Test Kitchen,’ Christopher Kimball resolve lawsuit
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The two parties announced an “amicable separation.”
System/Policy
Colorado public radio station to become owner of two local folk festivals
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The station’s executive director said receiving the festivals was “an incredible donation.”
About Current
Current’s executive director is recovering after serious accident
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Our Executive Director Julie Drizin was hit by an SUV Aug. 11 and is in a rehab center.
Programs/Content
With more docs in theaters, ‘Frontline’ makes play for new audiences
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“This era has been called the golden age of documentaries, and I increasingly felt that at the right time and with the right film, it made sense for us to be in this space,” said “Frontline” EP Raney Aronson-Rath.
Featured in Category
Comings and goings: NPR adds to news desks, NJ Spotlight co-founder departs …
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Among other new staffers, NPR named Krishnadev Calamur deputy Washington editor.