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.
SPONSORED
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.
Development
Study for PBS calls on stations to embrace collaborations in managing Passport
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PBS commissioned a report to examine staffing needs and shifts for digital fundraising work required to support and improve Passport at stations.
People
Interim GM at WPSU gets permanent post
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Isabel Reinert has led the station on an interim basis since August 2017.
System/Policy
Veto by Alaska’s governor threatens funding for state pubcasters
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An end to state funding could devastate Alaska’s small and medium-sized stations, according to the executive director of Alaska Public Broadcasting Inc.
Local That Works
By inviting their kids along, WTMD engages new parents missing out on live music
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“We’re basically raising the next generation of WTMD listeners at the shows,” said Sam Sessa, WTMD’s Baltimore music coordinator.
Programs/Content
Public TV stations collaborate on covering marijuana legalization
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Top producers at five stations have devised a flexible approach for sharing news segments on timely national issues.
Development
Capital campaign, spectrum sale fund new WOSU headquarters
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The open-space building incorporates classrooms, meeting centers and a media learning lab.
Development
Growth in sustainers helped stations hold on to more donors in FY2018
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But to continue growing income and increasing donor value, stations will have to get better at upgrading sustainers.
Tech
Never-ending winter hampers conversion of TV translators
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Engineers at public TV stations in the Mountain West are still coping with wintry weather as they try to complete their pieces of the national conversion of translators to new channels.
People
Baum sets retirement from Virginia’s Blue Ridge PBS
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Earlier James Baum led KRSC in Claremore, Okla.; WLVT in Bethlehem, Pa.; and KETC in St. Louis.
Programs/Content
Study finds NPR station websites grew audience with coverage of local midterms
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Station sites also benefited from Facebook’s “Today In” feature and a bump in search traffic.