System/Policy
How stations are enhancing statehouse journalism with CPB funding
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With its latest round of funding, CPB has invested $4.9 million in its state government initiative.
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.
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The U.S. public wants more news coverage of climate change, surveys find
As hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and heat waves have intensified over the past decade, public concern about climate change has grown dramatically. Today, 65% of the U.S. public is worried about the issue, up from 52% a decade ago, according to nationally representative surveys conducted by scientists at Yale University and George Mason University.
Programs/Content
MPR’s ‘Flyover’ returns to explore political transformations in the Midwest
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The new season of the live call-in show will focus on the Midwestern counties that swung from blue to red in 2016.
System/Policy
University may spin off Memphis’ WUMR to new nonprofit
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A collaboration with local nonprofits would expand the station’s news, music and cultural programming.
About Current
Letter from our executive director: Public media saved my life
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If you asked how you could help our executive director after she was hit by a car, here’s her suggestion.
Programs/Content
Moyers’ push for prime-time impeachment broadcasts fails to convince PBS, some stations
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The veteran journalist took his latest argument for nightly rebroadcasts of the hearings directly to station leaders.
Programs/Content
Film exposes dark repercussions of China’s one-child policy
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The upcoming “Independent Lens” documentary by filmmaker Nanfu Wang presents disturbing accounts of the policy’s impact.
Programs/Content
Sweep of ‘World on Fire’ encompasses portrayals of ordinary lives
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Airing in the spring, the seven-part “Masterpiece” series was inspired by the ’70s-era BBC documentary series “The World at War.”
Programs/Content
‘The Vote’ explores suffragists’ roles as pioneering activists
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“American Experience” will mark the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment next summer with a two-part, four-hour documentary highlighting the last big push to secure women the right to vote.
System/Policy
Pacifica considers appeal of decision that restored WBAI to the air
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A New York state judge ruled last week that local hosts and producers could resume their shows.
Programs/Content
Pipeline 2020: Our annual survey of shows coming to public TV
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Get a preview of more than 90 documentaries, how-to shows, “Masterpiece” dramas and more heading to public TV in the next few years.
Programs/Content
CNBC ends ‘Nightly Business Report’ after 40-year run
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Presenting station WETA is discussing options with BBC News to fill the show’s time period,