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.
Programs/Content
Futuro Media picks participants for podcast training program
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The organization is training six people with no experience in public media to create podcasts.
About Current
Letter from the executive director: Triple your donation to Current for NewsMatch 2018
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Help us continue to do our part to help public media thrive.
Development
Amid forecast of fundraising declines, pubcasters should focus on sustainers, cultivate major gifts
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Fundraising experts project that 2018 will close with a decline in charitable giving from last calendar year, but station fundraisers said the trend isn’t apparent yet.
Programs/Content
Pipeline 2019: Our annual survey of shows coming to public TV
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Browse, filter and search our listing of more than 100 programs scheduled for upcoming release.
Programs/Content
Gates’ four-hour series on Reconstruction uncovers ‘a history that needs to be told’
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The arc of “Reconstruction: America After the Civil War,” slated to air next April in two installments, mirrors race relations in the U.S. today.
Programs/Content
Intimate ‘Independent Lens’ film documents problems with rural health care
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“The Providers” examines the challenges of delivering care to patients in northern New Mexico.
Programs/Content
PBS plans both broad and intimate looks at historic moon landing
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The schedule will feature “high-performing library content and specially commissioned projects,” said Bill Gardner, PBS programming development VP.
Court of Appeals upholds decision backing KET criteria for debate participation
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David Patterson, a Libertarian candidate who ran for U.S. Senate in 2014, sued after being excluded from a 2014 candidate forum.
Quick Takes
NPR business editor accuses Indian politician of rape
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The Washington Post published an op-ed Thursday in which NPR chief business editor Pallavi Gogoi accused a top Indian politician of assaulting her when she was in her early ’20s.
Programs/Content
WNET’s All Arts network may grow into multicast channel offering
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The complete network will launch Jan. 28.