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System/Policy

What public radio can learn from pro wrestling’s loyal fan base

By Brad Dancer, GM (WSHU Public Radio) | October 28, 2024

“Sometimes, the most valuable insights come from looking beyond our immediate environment.”

Blue Ridge Public Radio adapts to needs of region ravaged by Helene

By Caleb Ogilvie, Editorial Intern | October 28, 2024

After the hurricane wiped out infrastructure across western North Carolina, BPR focused on basic information, such as road outages and where to get drinking water.

Programs/Content

Why APM’s ‘Wits’ didn’t make it

By Ken Mills | August 3, 2015

There are lessons for everyone in public media from the rise and abrupt fall of the variety show.

PBS

Kerger on end of ‘Downton’: “Great television begets great television”

By Barry Garron, Freelance Contributor | August 3, 2015

”We really have an abundance of programs that have been pitched to us.“

NPR

NPR’s Michael Oreskes: “There probably hasn’t been enough change inside NPR”

By Adam Ragusea, Former Host, "The Pub" | July 31, 2015

NPR’s new head of news discusses the future of All Things Considered, achieving diversity, and the need for more collaboration among NPR and member stations.

"The Pub" Podcast

‘The Pub’ #29: Michael Oreskes, NPR’s new head of news, on station collaboration, host changes and liberal bias

By Adam Ragusea, Former Host, "The Pub" | July 30, 2015

Oreskes wants NPR and member stations to collaborate more seamlessly, both to break more and better news, but also to better reflect the entirety of the country.