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Connecting with people who think public radio isn’t for them
With road trips to red states and dialogues about race and identity, producers for “The Takeaway” will hold out a microphone to people whose voices have been marginalized.Live ‘Politics Podcast’ takes up Trump’s impact, bids farewell to panelist
The live taping was Sam Sanders’ last episode as he moves on to his own podcast.How crowdsourced questions fueled election coverage for California stations
Partners in the multimedia project used social media marketing and a variety of digital tools to get a broad cross-section of voters talking about ballot measures.
TV broadcasters get another shot at leveraging channels into cash
As the spectrum auction winds down, the FCC plans to open another opportunity for stations to negotiate channel-sharing deals.Howard University decides it won’t sell WHUT in spectrum auction
University president Wayne A. I. Frederick said the school “voluntarily withdrew from the auction when it became apparent that the relatively low yield would not justify relinquishing the university’s rights to broadcast WHUT.”DOJ subpoenas former OPB reporter in Malheur Refuge trial
John Sepulvado was subpoenaed to testify in federal court next week.
Vermont PBS gains $56M from sale in spectrum auction
The station plans to invest the proceeds in programming.After WNKU sale, Cincinnati station adds Triple A service
Cincinnati Public Radio hopes to attract WNKU listeners after the station is sold.Sesame Workshop named semifinalist in $100M MacArthur Foundation grant competition
Its proposal, one of eight selected as semifinalists, targets children who face violence, limited access to education, loss of loved ones and other challenges.PBS-commissioned survey finds 73 percent of voters oppose eliminating federal funding for public TV
Support for funding spanned all regions of the country, with most respondents citing public TV’s educational mission as its most important value.Pittsburgh’s WESA hires consultant John Sutton as GM
Sutton is stepping back from his consulting firm to run the station under Terry O’Reilly, CEO of licensee Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation.Who are the rising black talents in public media?
We need your help to identify up-and-coming talents whose names we don’t know yet and should.New Hampshire Public Radio goes to court in trademark dispute with ‘Outside’ owner
The owner of the outdoors-focused magazine had claimed that the name of an NHPR podcast amounts to infringement.Travel ban complicates VPR’s special coverage of refugee resettlement
Plans for the State Department to facilitate interviews fell apart while reporter Nina Keck was on the ground in Jordan.NPR's Andrea de Leon to receive PRNDI's Leo C. Lee Award, and other awards in public media
Also, New Yorker writer Jelani Cobb will receive a Writers Guild award for his contributions to a “Frontline” documentary.
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