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.
Quick Takes
Panhandle PBS turns to puzzles to involve millennials in fundraising
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The fundraising event targeting 20- to 40-year-olds brought in $34,000 last year.
Quick Takes
PRI launches Kickstarter campaign to expand coverage of immigrants
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Stories will come from correspondents embedded in immigrant communities.
Programs/Content
Diane Rehm on stepping aside for “something new and fresh”
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The host discusses her voice, her approach to interviewing and life after retirement.
PRX
Radiotopia opens contest to find its next podcast
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Three finalists will be chosen to produce pilot podcast episodes and at least one will join the network.
Stations
Florida stations file lawsuit over nonpayment for underwriting spots
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Commonground/MGS owes member stations $508,237, the suit alleges.
Quick Takes
‘NewsHour’ issues notes about video showing Trump backer’s tattoos
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“Regrettably, none of us at the NewsHour recognized the questions that could arise … “
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #58: Glenn Greenwald wants NPR journalists ‘to speak like a normal human being’
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Greenwald argues that NPR’s impartiality standards are needless at best and dangerous at worst.
Programs/Content
Prudent? Out of touch? Reactions vary to NPR guidelines on podcast promo
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New guidelines limiting on-air promotion of podcasts and NPR One drew a mixed response.
System/Policy
Devoting spectrum to public safety seen as strategic move for public TV
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Advances in broadcast technology provide an opportunity to join a first-responders network.
People
KPCC’s Campbell to join Audible, ‘Radio Reader’ Estell retires after 50 years, and more comings and goings in public media
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Since 1964, Estell has read some 1,000 books aloud.