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.
Quick Takes
INN changes name to Institute for Nonprofit News
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To better reflect its mission, the Investigative News Network has changed its name to the Institute for Nonprofit News.
Diane Rehm
Diane Rehm will end right-to-die advocacy
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After her husband’s difficult death, Rehm helped raise funds for an organization that supports medically assisted suicide.
Programs/Content
Illinois nonprofit newsrooms bolster collaboration with new arrangement
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Three nonprofit news organizations in Illinois are strengthening their agreements to share content, and two of the outfits will soon be under one roof.
People
Public TV producer John Siceloff dies at 61; praised as ‘great American journalist’
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Siceloff helped create Now with Bill Moyers, and later founded an educational nonprofit.
Programs/Content
New films remember video avant garde of the 1970s
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Innovative filmmakers in New York City adopted portable gear and shook up the airwaves.
Invisibilia
NPR: ‘There will be more Invisibilia episodes’
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NPR’s plan for Invisibilia expected to be shared with station managers in late April.
Development
NPR’s Mohn points to early success with Spark initiative
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NPR CEO Jarl Mohn said his “spark initiative” to boost Morning Edition’s audience through repeated promotional messaging is already starting to show signs of success one month into its six month run.
System/Policy
Weekly roundup: Infinite Dial, low-power FM, native advertising
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And more links and news you might have missed this week.
"The Pub" Podcast
The Pub, Ep. 8: Public media’s true biases; reconsidering the membership model
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On this week’s podcast: Can “membership” in public media mean more than just money for tote bags?
Michigan Radio
PodScanning: New podcasts take up issues of race and identity
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Two new podcasts launch about issues of race at St. Louis Public Radio and Michigan Radio.