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.
Programs/Content
APT contest will award production funds for new pledge shows
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APT hopes to present the winners of the APT PitchFest to client stations in fall 2019 or spring 2020.
Quick Takes
ProPublica expands reporting network to increase coverage of state governments
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The investigative news nonprofit is expanding the network after partnering with an initial group of seven newsrooms that included WMFE in Orlando, Fla.
Quick Takes
WGBH gets $750,000 for digital work in latest grants from NEH
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For the first time, the endowment is providing infrastructure and capacity-building challenge grants.
Quick Takes
Volunteer host injured in shooting at Wisconsin’s WORT
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Police have said “indications are this is a targeted act against specific person(s).”
Quick Takes
NYPR agrees to include temporary, per diem employees in union
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The workers will join a unit of employees that has been represented by SAG-AFTRA since 2000.
Programs/Content
UGA project will preserve decades of local pubmedia programs entered in Peabody Awards
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Archivists are partnering with the American Archive of Public Broadcasting for a two-year project preserving 4,000 submissions.
Programs/Content
Letter to the editor: Reading services provide a lifeline to public radio’s most vulnerable listeners
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Station managers are making faulty presumptions about technology adoption among seniors who are blind or visually impaired.
People
NPR boosts Littleton to comms VP, KLRU appoints COO, and more comings and goings
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Emily Littleton has worked in communications at NPR for more than 20 years.
Programs/Content
Noncom Triple A stations should lead way on gender balance in playlists and workplaces
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“This view that public radio stations are beyond dealing with gender bias may be feeding a lack of awareness” about inequalities, argues a former Triple A PD.
Programs/Content
‘NewsHour’ looks to collaborate with more stations on covering midterm elections
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Look for more talent from PBS stations on “NewsHour” and a toolkit for distributing up-to-the minute election-night coverage with customized graphics.