System/Policy
Film revisiting ‘Bowling Alone’ revives calls for public media to focus on civic engagement
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A Paragon webinar on “Join or Die” encouraged stations to become “better caretakers of their communities.”
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A Paragon webinar on “Join or Die” encouraged stations to become “better caretakers of their communities.”
Younger hosts and reporters in public media discuss how they’ve honed their delivery and the personalities who inspire them.
“If we don’t engage them now, the teens and tweens of today might not as adults of tomorrow value public media.”
Appreciating a longtime talk show producer who “made me a better host because it seemed unforgivable to let her excellent work go to waste.”
NJ PBS received $1 million, its first appropriation in a decade, while seven Pennsylvania stations lost support.
Van Hoesen joined the station in 2001.
The staffers are seeking voluntary recognition of their union from CEO Jim Schachter.
“It’s BIPOC filmmakers telling stories from their own communities,” said Nick Price, series producer with Reel South. “It’s not people who are from outside the South coming in and telling what they conceive of the South.”
Board member Ruby Calvert said setting aside the initiative for another year is “the right thing to do.”
WHUT’s broadcast signal will get new equipment and a power boost to serve as the ATSC 3.0 host station, carrying not only its own programming but streams from four major commercial stations.