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
WWOZ staffers share concerns about station’s priorities
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Staffers fear the station is “losing touch with the gritty hyper-locality that gave WWOZ its cachet.”
Obituaries
Peggy Girshman, journalist and former NPR editor, dies at 61
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Girshman also worked for PBS and developed a partnership between NPR and Kaiser Health News.
Programs/Content
WNED and LeVar Burton’s RRKidz trade lawsuits over ‘Reading Rainbow’ licensing
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WNED claims that RRKidz is “illicitly and methodically” attempting to take over ownership of the Reading Rainbow brand.
System/Policy
A critic sees “pro-government” bias in NPR’s reporting, not a leftward lean
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Host and freelancer Lisa Simeone dismisses the claim that public media betrays a liberal bias.
System/Policy
How television shaped Paula Kerger’s American dream
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“Television … provided a lifeline to a bigger world.”
Obituaries
James Taszarek, ‘godfather of public radio underwriting,’ dies at 73
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Taszarek helped change how stations approach selling underwriting.
Programs/Content
Promotional strategy for ‘Black Panthers’ pays off for PBS
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The filmmakers’ strategy for engaging an audience was in the works for more than a year.
Obituaries
Longtime public radio GM Ben Fry dies at 54
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Fry had worked at KUAR and KLRE since 1988.
Quick Takes
NPR newscasts, sliced, diced and scrambled three ways
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An engineer turned six years of newscasts into engaging art projects.