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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) | 3 hours 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 | 5 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

New models for public media membership: Melody Kramer’s Nieman report

By Melody Kramer | July 13, 2015

How can we encourage people to become invested in the future of public media, both as listeners and as members?

Programs/Content

NPR, Greater Public team up to create pledge campaign built on Spark promotions

By Karen Everhart, Managing Editor | July 10, 2015

Pledge messages coming to public radio this fall will target listeners who find themselves tuning into Morning Edition more often.

Programs/Content

Ira Glass: ‘The main thing I’m doing still is radio’

By Tyler Falk, Reporter | July 10, 2015

Despite having a new company, 80 percent of Glass’s time will be spent on editorial work.

Development

Video: How are stations working to grow digital revenue?

By Mike Janssen, Digital Editor | July 10, 2015

Podcasts, text-to-give efforts and revamped apps are among the strategies.

Quick Takes

Ira Glass starts own company for ‘This American Life,’ ‘Serial’

By Tyler Falk, Reporter | July 10, 2015

This American Life host and creator Ira Glass has acquired full ownership of the show, breaking away from his longtime home at Chicago Public Media.