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Noncommercial news stations gain audience share, benefit from election bump
Stations outpaced their commercial competitors in audience share growth measured last month.Budget stalemate in Illinois clouds revenue future for public broadcasters
University licensees are doubly vulnerable to cuts.Tennessee station reportedly fires journalist after complaints from state lawmakers
The reporter’s story captured some candid remarks about proposed legislation that would affect transgender high-school students.
Midwest nonprofit news outlet seeks to boost engagement-based journalism
The engagement fellow will focus on diversifying MCIR’s audience by involving community members in the newsroom’s editorial process and fostering conversations about its coverage.‘The Pub’ #91: What would actually happen if they defunded CPB
And a sitting CPB board member discusses why the corporation should be defunded.ThinkProgress editor Zack Ford on how public radio covers LGBT issues
“I don’t really care if NPR comes off as politically biased one way or the other, because what I care about is that people’s lives are on the line and that the truth is on the line.”
What's a major gift in public media? Depends on who you ask
At most stations, individuals who contribute at least $1,000 cumulatively over a year are considered major donors. But outside of public media, major gifts involve much larger donations.Greater Public names Joyce MacDonald as CEO
The announcement brings an end to a two-year search to replace longtime President Doug Eichten.PBS hires education leader, Arkansas network gets new director and more comings and goings
Sara Schapiro recently helped found Digital Promise, an independent bipartisan nonprofit that backs educational innovation.Congressmen aim to generate bipartisan support for letter on CPB funding
Last year’s letter was signed by a bipartisan group of 132 members of the House.Fans of PBS Kids gather on Capitol Hill to voice support for federal funding
Organizers delivered petitions to members of Congress, bearing 660,000 signatures gathered online to save CPB funding.Groups to deliver petitions to Congress supporting CPB funding
The petitions contain more than 660,000 signatures of public broadcasting supporters.PBS 'opened a door' to other projects with 'Mercy Street,' chief programmer says
PBS’s Beth Hoppe said her team is eyeing other American dramas.Small, midsize stations make progress with major-donor fundraising
Small and midsize stations must be especially creative in developing ways to engage and grow their pools of major donors.Public radio’s ‘Indivisible’ looks for common ground in post-Trump political climate
Running for the first 100 days of the Trump presidency, the show wants to break down stereotypes and misperceptions by soliciting personal stories, not rants, from listeners across the country.
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