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APTS seats board leaders, 'World Cafe' reveals new host, and other comings and goings in public media
Ronnie Agnew, executive director of Mississippi Public Broadcasting, now chairs the board.Funding woes prompt PBS to kill off ‘Mercy Street’
The program set in a Civil War hospital was PBS’s first original drama since 2004.Facing loss of state funding, West Virginia Public Broadcasting plans for layoffs
WVPB estimates it will need to lay off 15 full-time staffers by the end of the month.
Miami school district drops push to manage WLRN newsroom
A controversial proposal to restructure the station is reportedly off the table.New PBS films revisit war histories with present-day perspective
With examinations of Vietnam and the Great War, the documentarians are focusing on stories to help younger viewers understand today’s conflicts.60dB’s founder on why short can win the battle for earbuds
Former NPR tech reporter Steve Henn explains how his new audio app aims to get listeners out of their bubbles with short-form content from a wide range of sources.
Why the podcast boom has yet to hit Mexico — and why it needs to
“We have to keep on telling very Mexican stories. ... We have to tell our stories.”How questioning journalism’s role post-Trump got Lewis Wallace fired
“I made a decision that was very personal, very based on my own instincts about what was right and necessary in this kind of scary political moment.”Story time at the Azteca Boxing Club: Daniel Alarcón on the origins of ‘Radio Ambulante’
In an excerpt from a new book, the executive producer of the Spanish-language show and podcast recalls the convoluted journey from a boxing gym to a moving story.WPBO in Ohio goes for $8.8M in spectrum auction
Licensee Ohio State University is giving all proceeds to its WOSU in Columbus.Ward Chamberlin, influential founding father of public broadcasting, dies at 95
Chamberlin was hired as a vice president at the fledgling CPB in 1969, where he helped create both PBS and NPR.NPR adds training role for head of diversity Keith Woods
The network created an executive role for its training division to demonstrate that its “commitment to training is absolutely essential.”How three services for recording remote audio interviews stack up: ipDTL, Zencastr and Ringr
Our podcast host has tried out all three services and runs down the pros and cons of each.White House cancels Obama nominations for CPB Board, FCC
The White House has not contacted CPB about any new nominations.Orchestra’s live soundtrack to ‘All Things Considered’ merged old-school with high-tech
The National Symphony Orchestra’s guest spot on “ATC” mingled Facebook Live with a gambit from radio’s Golden Age.
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