Programs/Content
Kentucky Public Radio’s recipe for a statewide voter guide success
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It takes some planning to create a voter guide that geolocates users, but the payoff is entirely worth it.
Why public media must support colleagues in the path of climate disasters
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We in public media often refer to our little world as “the system.” If we are, in fact, an interdependent system, fundraising to support fellow stations and staffers in distress is the kind of thing we can do to prove it.
Tech
Inconsistent Nielsen data vexes public radio stations and inspires a commercial solution
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A new audio processing device takes on a shortcoming of the Portable People Meter system.
Tech
Public Media Platform aims to expand reach with new tools
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The system developed for digital content distribution hopes to increase adoption among stations.
Programs/Content
Study of NPR’s Spark Initiative shows stations getting Morning Edition boost
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A study of 57 stations found that more than half saw audience growth during the promotional campaign.
Programs/Content
Maryland PTV hopes to ‘foster real action’ on Chesapeake issues
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The station identified seven experts and asked each to create a list of obstacles to a lasting cleanup of the bay, as well as alternative strategies.
Tech
Venturing off the Strip, engineering conference adds attendees for second year
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A new location for the conference helped to reduce costs.
Awards
Peabodys, IRE awards go to public media
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Serial is the first podcast to be recognized with a Peabody.
PBS
Hacked emails imply possible Finding Your Roots censorship by Gates
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No mention was made of Ben Affleck’s family’s slave-owning past when his segment aired in October.
Obituaries
Eclectic and creative Richard Moore dies at 95; led KPFA, KQED, TPT
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Moore was a member of the circle of avant-garde poets that came to be known as the San Francisco Renaissance.
Quick Takes
INN supports West Virginia Public Broadcasting app for capturing veterans’ stories
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West Virginia Public Broadcasting was one of eight news organizations that received grants.
"The Pub" Podcast
The Pub #14: How to write pronouncers; Latino USA’s Chuy problem; Victory against patent trolls; No fair use on SoundCloud
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Pointers on writing pronouncers to keep hosts happy, and a major victory against a patent troll.