Programs/Content
Kentucky Public Radio’s recipe for a statewide voter guide success
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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
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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
CPB Board wants new approach to setting TV Community Service Grants
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Vice Chair Bruce Ramer suggested starting with “a blank slate” on determining station CSGs.
Development
News Match kicks off with $3 million for nonprofit newsrooms
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The Democracy Fund, the Knight Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation are collaborating to match contributions to nonprofit news organizations through the end of the year.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #100: Why stations should help employees relocate
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Should public media be offering more help to its greener employees to avoid creating a class barrier?
Programs/Content
Young journalists travel across U.S. to understand nation’s divisions
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GroundTruth started the project to expand its support for coverage of social justice issues.
System/Policy
CPB inspector’s office asks for clarity in station accounting guidelines
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Some institutional licensees are hitting snags in accurately calculating the value of indirect support.
Quick Takes
CPB grant will help stations expand investigative journalism
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American Public Media, the recipient of the grant, will help stations with training and other resources.
Awards
Doug Eichten, Neenah Ellis honored for service and innovation in public radio
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The awards were given at the Public Radio Super-Regional Meeting.
Quick Takes
New CPB grant bolsters disaster communications work at stations
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NPR will use the $419,000 grant to help up to 30 stations across 10 states.
Organizational changes are first steps on public media’s path toward engagement
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Start by thinking critically about your station’s culture, then take the time to build a staff-wide commitment and approach to engagement that’s custom-built for your community.
Development
NPR wine club includes broadcaster-inspired offerings
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NPR boasts that its wines are “selected by a team of globetrotting experts, who taste over 40,000 wines a year and choose less than two percent” for the club.