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PBS series on life expectancy aims to give '200-year view of the present moment'
Greenlit as the COVID pandemic accelerated, "Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer" suddenly found itself "right in the middle of history."NPR board adds DEI committee
The new committee will support NPR's DEI-focused strategic plan.CPB has ‘no immediate plans’ to recruit new ombudsman
CPB has had an ombudsman — and sometimes two — since 2005.
New FCC rules spare pubcasters from foreign sponsorship disclosures
The commission reined in proposed regulations that had sparked concern at NPR and PBS.#PBSForTheArts campaign documents how arts have survived pandemic
#PBSForTheArts is examining how arts organizations are working to “stay around, stay relevant and then fight back,” said WNET Group CEO Neal Shapiro.Comings and goings: Laura Knoy to retire from NHPR, PBS North Carolina hires chief education officer ...
Knoy has hosted New Hampshire Public Radio's "The Exchange" for 25 years.
Yamiche Alcindor named moderator of ‘Washington Week’
Alcindor plans to maintain the show's traditions while thinking of ways it can speak “to a new generation of people.”Without a live audience, this variety show had to find a way forward
“It really was just a process of us starting and stopping and having to reassess,” said a co-EP of public radio's "Live From Cain's."New York Public Radio lays off 14 staffers, including newsroom leaders
"We cannot achieve our goals and meet our commitments while shouldering a fourth year of losses,” said CEO Goli Sheikholeslami.CPB requests $300M in federal support for pubmedia infrastructure
The funding pool would be similar to the Public Telecommunications Facilities Program, which was eliminated in 2011.In campaign for higher pay, Crosscut union calls out CEO's big salary
A petition takes aim at Cascade Public Media CEO Rob Dunlop's compensation and raises.WFAE, Louisville Public Media receive first American Journalism Project grants to pubmedia
The three-year grants will help the stations boost revenue to support their journalism.'Uncuffed' podcast lets incarcerated people tell their stories, their way
“Everyone deserves a chance to share their truth unmitigated because we all have so much to learn from the way incarcerated people process trauma and grief, which also happens on the outside.”NPR plans to recognize digital staffers’ union
The new bargaining unit will cover about 63 employees.Bob Fass, ringleader of long-running countercultural Pacifica show, dies at 87
Fass' "Radio Unnameable" served as a switchboard for social movements of the '60s and featured musical guests that included Joni Mitchell, Taj Mahal and Bob Dylan.
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