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Programs/Content

Kentucky Public Radio’s recipe for a statewide voter guide success

By Justin Hicks, Data Reporter (Kentucky Public Radio/Louisville Public Media) | 38 mins ago

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

By Julie Drizin, Executive Director | 3 hours ago

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

NYT CEO: Digital media alone won’t address public’s need for quality news

By Mark Thompson, CEO (New York Times Co.) | October 26, 2017

A former chief executive of the BBC argues that public-service broadcasting will only become more important as media continue to expand on digital platforms.

System/Policy

Book by former NPR CEO expands on liberal ‘groupthink’ at network

By Mike Janssen, Digital Editor | October 25, 2017

Ken Stern’s treatment of NPR in “Republican Like Me” goes beyond his recent op-ed that riled some in public media.

People

Brett to retire in Wisconsin, WGBH hires education exec and more comings and goings

By Dru Sefton, Former Senior Editor | October 25, 2017

Malcolm Brett has worked in public broadcasting for 34 years .

System/Policy

FCC Republicans strike down studio rule that had mixed support from pubmedia

By Doug Halonen, Freelance Contributor | October 24, 2017

While NPR and others argued the rule was burdensome, some college and community broadcasters argued for its preservation.

Programs/Content

Brian Mann to Ken Stern: NPR isn’t in your liberal bubble

By Brian Mann, Reporter (North Country Public Radio) | October 24, 2017

A public radio reporter responds to a former NPR CEO who implied the network suffers from liberal groupthink.

Programs/Content

WNED and LeVar Burton terminate licensing deal for ‘Reading Rainbow’

By Dru Sefton, Former Senior Editor | October 24, 2017

“WNED is currently working on the next chapter of ‘Reading Rainbow,'” a station executive said.

System/Policy

As pubmedia enters ‘populist’ phase, public trust is system’s greatest asset

By Ellen P. Goodman, Co-Director (Rutgers Institute for Information Policy & Law) | October 23, 2017

“The challenge for this period is fusing the strengths and public support of traditional public media with the energy and competencies of new entrants and civic institutions outside of media.”