System/Policy
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.
The potential of AI voices: transforming news delivery and engagement
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With advancements from OpenAI and Meta, newsrooms may adapt and build new features to enhance the reader and listener experience.
Awards
Doug Eichten, Neenah Ellis honored for service and innovation in public radio
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The awards were given at the Public Radio Super-Regional Meeting.
Quick Takes
New CPB grant bolsters disaster communications work at stations
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NPR will use the $419,000 grant to help up to 30 stations across 10 states.
Organizational changes are first steps on public media’s path toward engagement
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Start by thinking critically about your station’s culture, then take the time to build a staff-wide commitment and approach to engagement that’s custom-built for your community.
Development
NPR wine club includes broadcaster-inspired offerings
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NPR boasts that its wines are “selected by a team of globetrotting experts, who taste over 40,000 wines a year and choose less than two percent” for the club.
System/Policy
State funding dip prompts job cuts at Prairie Public Broadcasting
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The $400,000 drop affects 13 full- and part-time positions.
Programs/Content
‘Best of Car Talk’ keeps running as stations rethink weekends
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Nearly three-quarters of public radio stations carrying the show will drop it in October.
Programs/Content
Meet the finalists in our Local That Works contest
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Watch our Facebook Live of presentations by the competition’s four finalists.
People
Joaquin Alvarado leaves The Center for Investigative Reporting
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Longtime CIR leader Christa Scharfenberg will serve as acting CEO.
Quick Takes
Several Florida counties to get public radio news for first time in WMFE deal
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Daystar Public Radio will sell jazz station WKSG-FM in Cedar Creek, Fla., to WMFE for $900,000.