Programs/Content
Why focusing too much on digital could make stations lose their way
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“A strong app or polished social media presence won’t compensate for a lack of meaningful, locally relevant content.”
Phoenix’s KJZZ revs up coverage of border and trade from northern Mexico
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Senior Field Correspondent Nina Kravinsky, a former NPR producer, is reporting from the station’s news bureau in Hermosillo.
System/Policy
House subcommittee recommends FY23 appropriation for Next Gen Warning System
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The subcommittee’s recommendation contrasts with the Biden administration’s budget request for FY23, which did not include funding for the program.
Programs/Content
Why it’s time to reconsider how ‘All Things Considered’ can expand its service for today’s listeners
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Over the past 50 years, NPR and stations have made incremental changes to the newsmagazine to keep up with changing times. Why aren’t those conversations happening again now?
Crosswords
Current Crossword: ‘Stationary’
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Your knowledge of call letters will come in handy for this brainteaser.
Programs/Content
Public TV stations adapt strategies for supporting out-of-school learning
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Ohio stations have launched a $5 million project to help elementary students “accelerate their learning,” while WNET is refining its formula for delivering the day-camp experience via broadcasts.
Programs/Content
CPB grant will help expand Indigenous programming
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The grant will support the daily “ICT Newscast with Aliyah Chavez.”
Tech
ATSC event showcases public TV’s growing offerings in educational datacasting
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Stations are continuing to reinforce their datacasting efforts as the initial urgency of the pandemic has given way to longer-term planning.
People
Comings and goings: VP Sarah Gilbert leaving NPR, CCO leaving Public Media Group of Southern California …
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Sarah Gilbert’s last day with NPR will be next month.
Programs/Content
How ‘This Way Out’ is preserving its collection of historic audio from the LGBTQ movement
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Producers of the weekly radio magazine that debuted in 1987 are excavating recordings stored in closets and in obsolete formats.
People
Clarence Copeland promoted to CEO of Louisiana Public Broadcasting
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Copeland has worked for the station since 1997.
Programs/Content
Rick Steves series premiering this fall takes viewers through thousands of years of European art
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“This series is something I’ve waited to do my whole career,” says Steves, host and writer of the APT-distributed series.