Programs/Content
NEPM, Latino Newsletter team up for election-focused media training
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Journalist Julio Ricardo Varela is guiding high school students as they report on the Latino vote in western Massachusetts.
What public radio can learn from pro wrestling’s loyal fan base
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“Sometimes, the most valuable insights come from looking beyond our immediate environment.”
System/Policy
Reduction in funding for Oklahoma network ‘cuts right through the bone’
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Public media in the state is taking a blow from a dire funding crisis.
Development
With help from friends, WYEP exceeds fundraising goal
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Through June, the station is using social media to encourage listeners to give by posting a video of themselves singing the Beatles rock classic, “With a Little Help from my Friends.”
Obituaries
NPR photographer and translator killed in Afghanistan
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NPR Pentagon Correspondent Tom Bowman and producer Monika Evstatieva escaped injury.
Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota Public Radio newsroom votes to unionize
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MPR is the latest public radio newsroom to join SAG-AFTRA.
Programs/Content
Podcasts with local focus can help stations own their markets
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“Podcasts help you tell the vital story of your unique little patch of dirt. And every single public radio outlet should be making them.”
Programs/Content
World Channel revisits iconic documentary series with new pledge special
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The 30-minute show, which discusses how racial relations of today are reflected in the civil rights movement, is part of a package that includes rebroadcast rights for Eyes on the Prize I and II.
CPB
Worrisome trend in CPB analysis: Too many PTV stations taking on too much debt
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The number of licensees carrying debt ratios of more than 50 percent has nearly tripled since 2009, according to CPB’s latest “state of the system” report.
Programs/Content
NEPR introduces media training program for local youth
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After moving its headquarters to downtown Springfield, Mass., the public radio network launched its initiative to bring stories of the city’s diverse communities to its air.
Development
Media Impact Funders receives its largest grant ever
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A two-year, $500,000 matching grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies supports an expansion of MIF’s programming and services for foundations that invest in media.
Programs/Content
Teacher’s experience is a ‘passport’ to a PR problem for public TV
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Public TV undercuts its own case for public support when episodes of Nova go behind a paywall.