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.
People
NPR appoints new programming VP
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Anya Grundmann takes over after filling in on an interim basis since May.
Apps
Michigan Radio PD will join NPR to focus on ‘local experience’ of streaming app
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Tamar Charney will be the local editorial lead for NPR One.
Programs/Content
California public media stations team up for 2016 election coverage
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KPCC, KQED, KPBS and Capital Public Radio have formed the California Counts Collaborative.
Quick Takes
Congressman proposes more cash for spectrum repack after auction
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The bill also would allow the FCC to give stations extensions past the 39-month repacking deadline.
Obituaries
Tracy Carter, developer of Myers’ ProTrack software, dies at 49
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“Tracy was an incredibly kind, intelligent and unassuming individual,” said Crist Myers.
Programs/Content
Courage needs company: toward a weekly ‘Reveal’
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Public media has a critical role to play in balancing the enormous deficit in public service journalism since the collapse of the legacy news business.
Quick Takes
Stalker of public radio DJ sentenced to probation
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Patrick Henry Kelly received five years of probation.
People
NPR tech reporter quits to build ‘a new kind of radio’
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The former Planet Money reporter thinks the public radio system isn’t doing enough “to make the jump into the digital age.”
People
Eight producers sign on as NGL Fellows, Anderson leaves WUCF and other comings and goings in public media
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Next Generation Leadership is a CPB-backed project to grow diversity in public media.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #50: How to pronounce things correctly (but not too correctly)
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Learn how to avoid sounding pretentious and write a good pronouncer.