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NPR hires WNYC’s Thomas Hjelm as chief digital officer
Hjelm comes from New York Public Radio, where he serves as executive vice president and chief digital officer.NEH grants include online archive project for public radio’s StoryCorps
Shakespeare Uncovered also got funding for a third season on PBS.Washington’s WAMU restructures newsroom
The station will structure coverage around five beats.
APM asks stations to help promote revamped ‘Prairie Home’
APM hopes the program will attract new and diverse audiences.Ken Burns and Henry Louis Gates on their new films and race in America
The filmmaker and PBS host engaged in a wide-ranging discussion in Washington, D.C.Panhandle PBS turns to puzzles to involve millennials in fundraising
The fundraising event targeting 20- to 40-year-olds brought in $34,000 last year.
PRI launches Kickstarter campaign to expand coverage of immigrants
Stories will come from correspondents embedded in immigrant communities.Diane Rehm on stepping aside for “something new and fresh”
The host discusses her voice, her approach to interviewing and life after retirement.Radiotopia opens contest to find its next podcast
Three finalists will be chosen to produce pilot podcast episodes and at least one will join the network.Florida stations file lawsuit over nonpayment for underwriting spots
Commonground/MGS owes member stations $508,237, the suit alleges.‘NewsHour’ issues notes about video showing Trump backer’s tattoos
“Regrettably, none of us at the NewsHour recognized the questions that could arise ... "‘The Pub’ #58: Glenn Greenwald wants NPR journalists ‘to speak like a normal human being’
Greenwald argues that NPR’s impartiality standards are needless at best and dangerous at worst.Prudent? Out of touch? Reactions vary to NPR guidelines on podcast promo
New guidelines limiting on-air promotion of podcasts and NPR One drew a mixed response.Devoting spectrum to public safety seen as strategic move for public TV
Advances in broadcast technology provide an opportunity to join a first-responders network.KPCC’s Campbell to join Audible, ‘Radio Reader’ Estell retires after 50 years, and more comings and goings in public media
Since 1964, Estell has read some 1,000 books aloud.
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