System/Policy
Stanley Nelson, John Oliver among WGA members petitioning stations for fair freelancer contracts
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The petition accuses GBH, WNET Group and PBS SoCal of delaying their response to the union’s demands.
The potential of AI voices: transforming news delivery and engagement
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With advancements from OpenAI and Meta, newsrooms may adapt and build new features to enhance the reader and listener experience.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #28: A Martínez on how KPCC doubled its Latino audience
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Southern California Public Radio’s recently concluded, three-year, $6 million CPB-funded quest to court Latino audiences met with its share of criticism along the way.
Quick Takes
Maria Hinojosa of ‘Latino USA’ delivers talk at TED event in Washington
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Hinojosa was among the speakers at the first TEDxPennsylvaniaAvenue event last month.
System/Policy
New low-power stations prepare for launch in D.C. area
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They’re just two of many stations preparing to sign on across the country.
Quick Takes
Survey finds slight decline in diversity of TV and radio workforces
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Public media’s edge over commercial media in representation of people of color has vanished.
System/Policy
Commercial TV owner gives Helena station to Montana PBS
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The new station will allow licensee Montana State University to operate a full-power PBS member station in the state capital for the first time.
Programs/Content
The last days of ‘Soul!’: Why a trailblazing show about black issues couldn’t last
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An excerpt from a new book looks at the shifts in funding that doomed the documenting of an era.
Quick Takes
Profile 2015 study sizes up education, spending habits of NPR listeners
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A quarter of NPR listeners watch no prime-time television.
Quick Takes
Hazen Schumacher, host who introduced audiences to classic jazz, dies at 88
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Schumacher’s Jazz Revisited aired for 30 years.
Quick Takes
Keillor’s goal by fall 2016: ‘To be a gray eminence’
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Keillor wants to “fade away into well-deserved obscurity.”
Programs/Content
On ‘R-words’ that the media shouldn’t (or maybe should) say
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Rather than putting our energy into avoiding taking sides on the use of offensive terms, let’s put that energy into picking the right side.