System/Policy
Vegas PBS seeks to dismiss lawsuits filed by former employee
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The lawsuits filed by a former director of digital marketing accuse station leaders and other parties of defamation and discrimination.
North Dakota’s Prairie Public dodges bill threatening to end state funding
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A bill attempting to end state funding for public broadcasting failed to make it out of committee.
Obituaries
Bob Dambach, retired director of TV for Prairie Public, dies at 70
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Dambach’s many award-winning productions for Prairie Public include a series of documentaries on Germans from Russia.
Obituaries
Walt Gillette, longtime WAMU fundraiser, dies at 64
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Colleagues knew Gillette for his passion for public radio, his wry wit and a sanguine nature that never waned even during tough fundraising campaigns.
System/Policy
Lakeshore Public Media boosts signal across Northwest Indiana
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The station focused on upgrading the signal after an outside consultant highlighted it as key to the station’s long-term sustainability.
System/Policy
Born at the BBC, a framework for balancing gender representation in content goes global
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Media organizations including New York Public Radio have joined the BBC’s 50:50 Project, which is expanding beyond gender to track race and ethnicity.
System/Policy
NPR asks federal court to throw out discrimination lawsuit
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The network argued that former employee Kevin Langley had released discrimination claims when he signed a separation agreement.
History of public media
How digging through archives brought the story of NPR’s ‘Founding Mothers’ to life
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“Writing a biography of a person or place, much less four people and a place as storied as NPR, is not for the faint of heart.”
People
Radio Milwaukee executive director steps down
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Kevin Sucher had served in the role since 2020.
People
Comings and goings: SVP of digital leaves NPR, ‘Short Wave’ adds co-host …
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Danzico had worked for the network since 2013.
Programs/Content
New season of ‘Sanditon’ will tone down the sex, feel ‘more classically Jane Austen’
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Criticism that the first season was racier than Austen would have intended “speaks to a difference between the British audience and the American audience,” said the show’s head writer Thursday during the Television Critics Association press tour.
People
Pacifica Foundation announces new leadership
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Stephanie D. Wells previously worked as director of development for the Michelson Found Animals Foundation.