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How a militant Puerto Rican activist group influenced public media
After raising hell in the streets of Spanish Harlem, several of the Young Lords got into broadcasting and journalism.NPR book critic Alan Cheuse dies at 75
“In two minutes every week, Alan paid his respects to good writing in his soft, intense, passionate voice.”Kentucky radio stations look to expand collaboration on programming, development
“The people that will gain the most from this are our listeners.”
‘The Pub’ #30: Mike Pesca on life after NPR
“I loved NPR, I still do. I kind of love it for its flaws, as well.”Texas stations launch newsroom collaboration
The initiative grows out of the stations’ partnership on producing the daily newsmagazine Texas Standard.Greater Public President Doug Eichten to retire
Eichten began leading the organization, then known as Development Exchange Inc., in 1997.
What a public radio program director learned at Podcast Movement 2015
Roman Mars is a hero, there’s a problem with dude overload, and more.PBS appeals to indie filmmakers with bigger marketing budget, multiplatform strategy
An arts festival will promote a documentary about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, among other films.After sale of Classical South Florida, scramble is on to ensure coverage in Palm Beach
A former director of Classical South Florida's board is looking to buy back one of the signals sold to a religious broadcaster.Why APM’s 'Wits' didn’t make it
There are lessons for everyone in public media from the rise and abrupt fall of the variety show.Kerger on end of ‘Downton’: “Great television begets great television”
”We really have an abundance of programs that have been pitched to us.“NPR’s Michael Oreskes: “There probably hasn’t been enough change inside NPR”
NPR's new head of news discusses the future of All Things Considered, achieving diversity, and the need for more collaboration among NPR and member stations.‘The Pub’ #29: Michael Oreskes, NPR’s new head of news, on station collaboration, host changes and liberal bias
Oreskes wants NPR and member stations to collaborate more seamlessly, both to break more and better news, but also to better reflect the entirety of the country.AT&T to request FM radio activation in Android phones
FM tuner technology in smartphones could find wider usage.American Public Media Group lays off 10 in newsroom, cancels ‘Wits’
The changes complete a planned reorganization first revealed earlier this month.
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