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Joseph Lee tapped to lead NJ PBS
Lee succeeds John Servidio, who is retiring from the station.Comings and goings: Stevan Smith named CCO for WBGO, ‘NewsHour’ hires reporters for Communities Initiative …
Smith most recently worked as assistant PD for WNYC in New York City.Crosscut Union votes against first contract with Cascade Public Media management
Newsroom employees cited concerns with wages, vacation days and staffers leaving the organization.
TPT’s Rewire will end publishing, continue video work for PBS Digital Studios
Rewire launched in 2013 as a local engagement project and pivoted to become an online publication in 2016.How original research is helping NPM draw sponsors to public radio
NPM is seeing “millions in return on our investment,” said CEO Gina Garrubbo.WUCF leader Phil Hoffman leaves station
Hoffman joined WUCF in 2016 after working for KMOS and stations in Akron, Ohio.
Why public radio’s news shows need unique approaches to top stories
It's never the subject that makes you unique — it’s what you do with the subject.WBUR closes first capital campaign with $35M
The majority of the funding is supporting the station's live-events venue.Upcoming 'Nova' doc builds on a decade of marijuana research
“The Cannabis Question" "is very different than the show that would have been on 10 years ago,” said neuroscientist Dr. Yasmin Hurd during the summer Television Critics Association press tour.Comings and goings: Steve Nelson will leave NPR, WETA hires CTO …
Nelson was senior director of programming for NPR.Ken Burns: 'I do not accept that only people of a particular background can tell certain stories'
Speaking during the Television Critics Association summer press tour, Burns said he supported PBS' new initiatives to increase programming diversity.American Public Media Group selects Jean Taylor as CEO
Taylor succeeds Jon McTaggart, who announced last year plans to leave the organization.PBS Digital Studios receives $5.5M for regional centers, science programming
CPB gave $3 million to establish regional centers for member stations, while the National Science Foundation will boost PBS Terra, the YouTube science hub.Kerger on diversity: 'We don't always look as carefully in the mirror'
During the annual Television Critics Association summer press tour, the PBS president said she spoke with filmmakers and many others with ties to public television about complaints that the network has favored white documentarians.Neal Conan, journalist who covered wars and anchored live broadcasts for NPR, dies at 71
“Neal did every job you could do in radio," said Robert Siegel, former “All Things Considered” host, of his longtime colleague. "He was terrifically gifted at everything."
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