Programs/Content
Kentucky Public Radio’s recipe for a statewide voter guide success
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It takes some planning to create a voter guide that geolocates users, but the payoff is entirely worth it.
Why public media must support colleagues in the path of climate disasters
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We in public media often refer to our little world as “the system.” If we are, in fact, an interdependent system, fundraising to support fellow stations and staffers in distress is the kind of thing we can do to prove it.
Programs/Content
6 overlooked tweaks to please your classical listeners
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Success is in the details. These straightforward adjustments to your station might make your sound more appealing.
People
Neil Best will retire from Community Radio for Northern Colorado
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Best helped to make the organization’s KUNC an independent nonprofit in 2001.
System/Policy
Buffalo Toronto Public Media cuts three staff
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The station is anticipating a reduction in state funding.
Engagement
Newsrooms ramp up audience engagement tactics for coronavirus coverage
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Public media’s largest and smallest newsrooms find that coverage shaped by listeners and readers invites more participation and builds trust.
People
Comings and goings: PBS promotes two to SVP roles, Reno station names tech VP …
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PBS President Paula Kerger announced the promotions of Rhonda Holt and Scott Nourse last month in a memo.
System/Policy
KCRW union reaches tentative contract agreement
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The union and station management have been bargaining for about a year.
System/Policy
Being the ‘lone person in the room’ and how public media can help
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Amid the current racial turmoil, news organizations can break down walls between communities by telling truthful stories from many different voices.
People
Jun Reina promoted to EVP and GM at CapRadio, Rick Eytcheson becomes president emeritus
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Reina joined the station in 2007 and has served as COO and CFO.
System/Policy
‘People don’t stay where they don’t feel safe’: Public radio leaders address diversity in the industry
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In our latest webinar, two public radio leaders discussed their experiences as people of color in public radio and how their stations are addressing diversity and inclusion.
People
Comings and goings: ‘Invisibilia’ announces new hosts, two staffers leave Chicago Public Media …
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Yowei Shaw and Kia Miakka Natisse have been producers for the podcast.