Development
Nine pubcasters receive $100,000 Press Forward grants
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The funding initiative awarded a total of $20 million to 205 news outlets.
September CDP Index highlights sluggish summer for pubmedia donors, revenue
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The June through August 2024 period was, at best, sluggish for station fundraising across several key performance indicators compared to the same period in 2023.
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System/Policy
Change is slow, but pubcasters are ready to become anchors of local news ecosystems
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“The current strength and vitality of public media took decades to come to fruition,” write the authors of a new study. “Because organizations and media systems take time to mature, funders and industry leaders should continue to take the long view in the task of rebuilding local news.”
People
Comings and goings: Austin PBS names CCO, Connecticut Public promotes host to VP …
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Sara Robertson most recently worked as SVP of production at the Texas station.
Programs/Content
Florida collaborative seeks to increase news coverage of underserved Gulf Coast counties
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The collaborative based at WUSF in Tampa will provide reporting to 12 local public and commercial outlets.
System/Policy
How WGCU rode out Hurricane Ian and maintained radio service through the thick of the storm
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The station in Fort Myers, Fla., turned its TV studios over to a local Fox affiliate and relied on an auxiliary radio transmitter to stay on the air.
System/Policy
How public radio’s structure, growing resources are giving local journalism a boost
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As stations become more mature and financially sustainable, a new study says, they are building their capacity to deliver local journalism.
System/Policy
Study documents expansion of public media journalism, collaborative news capacity
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Data show the growth of the system’s newsrooms and investments in new formats and partnerships.
Featured in Category
Comings and goings: PBS board reelects Larry Irving as chair, KPCC/LAist hires VP of programming …
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Irving, a CEO of a consulting company and a former telecommunications policy expert during the Clinton Administration, became chair last year.
System/Policy
Pubcasters ask FCC for help with boosting cable, satellite carriage
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PBS and America’s Public Television Stations asked the commission to take on obstacles reducing access to public TV channels.
Programs/Content
How ‘Barney & Friends’ grew from nothing and came to inspire hate from so many
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A new Peacock docuseries takes a look at one of public television’s most divisive endeavors.
Programs/Content
First-ever International Prison Radio Conference shows potential of ‘story power’ to effect change
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“It’s heartening prison radio is being used all over the world as a tool … to advocate for people,” said Thanh Tran, a host and producer for KALW’s “Uncuffed.”