Programs/Content
CPB provides $1.9M to bolster editorial oversight at NPR
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The grant follows NPR’s earlier plan to create a “Backstop” team to review news reporting.
Press Forward grants will help stations boost journalism, improve sustainability
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A $100,000 grant from Press Forward will help Radio Catskill in New York hire at least one additional reporter.
SPONSORED
Reality Check: Debunking 5 digital advertising myths for public media
Don’t fall prey to these 5 common digital advertising myths! Get the straight scoop, and your program could go from lackluster to pure gold.
People
Rob Sachs: We are connectors
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Over his 18 years in public radio, Rob Sachs has aimed to keep listeners both informed and engaged.
People
Terry Gross: ‘I wouldn’t have had a radio career had I gotten in later’
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In an interview for our podcast, the “Fresh Air” host looked back at how she got started in public radio, interviewing Gene Simmons and more.
System/Policy
New York Public Radio fires Leonard Lopate and Jonathan Schwartz
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WNYC placed the hosts on leave earlier this month following allegations of inappropriate behavior and sought outside counsel to investigate.
Obituaries
In memoriam, 2017
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A look back at public broadcasters we remembered in obituaries this year.
People
Who’s public media?
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We snapped photos at public media events throughout 2017 to answer that question.
Development
Sesame Workshop and International Rescue Committee win $100M MacArthur grant
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The nonprofits partnered to win a five-year grant to educate children displaced by conflict in the Middle East.
Tech
How to make tweets talk
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Adding sound to tweets is a bit easier than working with audio on Facebook.
People
Wahl takes over RJC in Phoenix, NFCB chooses board members, and other comings and goings
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Tracy Wahl left NPR in November 2016 as executive producer for editorial franchises.
System/Policy
Va. radio network seeks to split music, news formats with purchase of two signals
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Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corp. in Richmond was a big winner among pubcasters in the FCC’s spectrum auction.
"Made Possible By..." Podcast
‘Made Possible By…’ #7: Hugo Morales of Radio Bilingüe
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The founder of the Spanish-language radio network explains how he got into public broadcasting.