Programs/Content
How Instagram gave students a new way to report for ‘PBS NewsHour’
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The goal of the project was “to infuse Instagram with original news reporting created by teens for teens.”
Lloyd Wright: ‘In order to lead, you must serve’
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“I give a lot of credit to those around me who have helped make WFYI and me successful,” says Wright, who recently retired as president of the Indianapolis stations.
Programs/Content
Watch the ‘Local That Works’ keynote from PMDMC
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Learn about creative local projects from three stations, then enter our contest.
Programs/Content
Stations seek ways to lift listeners out of ‘news fatigue’
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At the Public Media Development and Marketing Conference, representatives of stations experiencing a “Trump slump” shared ideas for engaging audience members who feel overwhelmed by news.
Programs/Content
Southern California Public Radio creates podcast studio
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The studio will develop and produce original podcasts with a Los Angeles focus.
System/Policy
In EBS vote, FCC denies special treatment for public broadcasters
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The FCC plans to auction off Educational Broadband Service spectrum and give commercial buyers an equal shot at snapping it up.
People
NPR promotes Chris Nelson to tech VP post
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NPR’s former VP of technology operations retired earlier this month.
Development
CPB aids Greater Public initiative to help stations step up major-gift game
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Greater Public’s Major Giving Academy will launch this fall with 20 participants.
System/Policy
FCC vote will ease satellite-carriage requests for TV stations
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The previous requirements had tripped up at least one public TV station.
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
Looking back on the lesser-known histories of ‘Chicano Public Radio’
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A group of bilingual radio stations founded in the late 1970s “helped distinguish Spanish-language and bilingual broadcasting as a form of advocacy.”
People
Current’s Sefton leaves for position at Mother Jones
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Dru Sefton has been a senior editor at Current for nearly 11 years.
Programs/Content
New All Classical Portland stream provides ‘creative playground’ for young listeners
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“It’s really about exposure to other cultures, being aware of what’s happening outside of your community and hearing music in different languages.”