System/Policy
GBH sale of CAI building sparks pushback from community
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CAI staff are expected to remain in the building until a new location is found.
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.
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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.
People
Friends group of Miami’s WLRN fires CEO Victor Kendall
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Kendall had been with the organization since June 2012.
Quick Takes
Wednesday roundup: Ferguson prompts concerns for reporters’ safety; podcast exec shares tips
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Plus: Bill McKibben gives Sound Opinions some love.
Programs/Content
Merged newsroom boosts St. Louis Public Radio’s response to tumult in Ferguson
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The aftermath of the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., proved to be a critical test for the public media newsroom.
Quick Takes
Friday roundup: Smartbinge boosts WNYC traffic; McKibben praises podcasts
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Plus: A controversial film spurs letters to PBS’s ombud, and Cookie Monster stars in a new app.
People
William Greaves, documentary filmmaker and Black Journal EP, dies at 87
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William Greaves, a documentary filmmaker and executive producer and co-host of a pioneering public TV show for African-Americans, died Monday at his home in Manhattan, according to the New York Times. He was 87. Greaves worked as a stage and screen actor and dancer in the 1940s and ’50s and appeared in productions staged on Broadway and by the American Negro Theater. He spent most of the ’50s working as a documentary filmmaker in Canada before returning to the U.S. to form William Greaves Productions in 1964. His early documentaries for public TV included a film about the black middle class.
People
Roe heads classical institute, Arnold to exit WXPR, and other comings and goings in public media
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Peg Arnold, g.m. of WXPR-FM in Rhinelander, Wis., begins work Sept. 22 as g.m. of Utah Public Radio in Logan.
Programs/Content
New podcast network from APM includes six new shows
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Infinite Guest, a new podcast network from American Public Media, brings together feeds of broadcast programs, existing podcasts and new shows in an effort to build a digital following for audio content. Headed by Program Director Steve Nelson, Infinite Guest debuted Wednesday with 12 shows, six of them new. The podcasts are headlined by a mix of established pubmedia talent and outside personalities. “We really wanted to be able to have a way to work with people who already have a great fan base, to develop their voices in a new way,” Nelson said. “So we went out and found some people we really think are talented and great and wanted to do something different.”
Three of the network’s shows are existing APM programs Wits, The Dinner Party Download and The Splendid Table, and another is MPR Classical’s Top Score, a program devoted to video game scores.
Programs/Content
Crowdsourced climate-reporting project iSeeChange aims to expand with new partners
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Partnerships with NASA and a research initiative in Northern California will take iSeeChange beyond its roots in Colorado.
American Graduate
CPB adds $6.2 million in American Graduate grants, reveals national broadcast plans
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The initiative will support efforts at 33 stations to raise awareness of the dropout problem.
Quick Takes
KPCC negotiates first three-year contract with union
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After 16 months of negotiations, unionized employees at KPCC in Pasadena, Calif., have negotiated their first contract with management.