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.
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.
People
Comings and goings: NPR promotes two on news team, WTVP promotes Baker …
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Didi Schanche becomes the network’s chief international editor.
System/Policy
Kansas, New Mexico stations will add content to pubcasting archive
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Grants are supporting a digitization project involving stations in the states and the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
History of public media
After 50 years, NPR upholds public broadcasting’s founding values
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NPR was incorporated Feb. 26, 1970, marking a new stage in the growth of a public media system rooted in education.
System/Policy
At APTS Summit, Butler says FEMA grant program would be government’s ‘best investment’ in public safety
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CPB has asked the Department of Homeland Security to set aside funds for public broadcasting emergency communications.