Programs/Content
Kentucky Public Radio’s recipe for a statewide voter guide success
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It takes some planning to create a voter guide that geolocates users, but the payoff is entirely worth it.
Why public media must support colleagues in the path of climate disasters
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We in public media often refer to our little world as “the system.” If we are, in fact, an interdependent system, fundraising to support fellow stations and staffers in distress is the kind of thing we can do to prove it.
System/Policy
WXXI expands initiative focused on disability education with $1.6M grant
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The Move to Include initiative will grow to include more than 40 public media stations.
People
Asia Burnett promoted to station manager at WKMS
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Burnett has served as interim station manager since July.
Programs/Content
PBS partners with Allen Media Group on free livestreams of local stations
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The livestreams will roll out over the next few months.
System/Policy
NPR cuts summer 2023 internship program
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The network has also delayed its Reflect America Fellowship due to budget concerns.
People
Comings and goings: WLRN hires VP of news, OETA appoints VP of education …
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Sergio Bustos most recently worked as an enterprise and politics editor for “USA Today” in Florida.
Featured in Category
At a fork in his career path, GBH’s Jon Abbott reflects on how pubmedia can evolve and innovate
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“If we’re going to learn and grow together, we have to do it together,” Abbott says, describing the philosophy that has guided his work.
Programs/Content
NJ PBS series highlights inspiring figures from each of the state’s 21 counties
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Producers of the documentary shorts series say the concept could be adapted for other public media organizations, particularly state networks with vast geographic areas to serve.
Programs/Content
Pubmedia’s datacasting startup forges content partnership with Sesame Workshop
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“The partnership model is key to everything we do,” says Erik Langner, CEO of the Information Equity Initiative.
Programs/Content
WSHU’s ‘Still Newtown’ podcast reflects on Sandy Hook 10 years later
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The narrative podcast tells “the bigger story” about how the shooting has — and has not — changed the community where it happened.
People
John Yang to anchor ‘PBS News Weekend’
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Yang succeeds Geoff Bennett, who left the program to co-anchor “PBS NewsHour.”