System/Policy
How stations are enhancing statehouse journalism with CPB funding
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With its latest round of funding, CPB has invested $4.9 million in its state government initiative.
Stanley Nelson, John Oliver among WGA members petitioning stations for fair freelancer contracts
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The petition accuses GBH, WNET Group and PBS SoCal of delaying their response to the union’s demands.
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The U.S. public wants more news coverage of climate change, surveys find
As hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and heat waves have intensified over the past decade, public concern about climate change has grown dramatically. Today, 65% of the U.S. public is worried about the issue, up from 52% a decade ago, according to nationally representative surveys conducted by scientists at Yale University and George Mason University.
Programs/Content
PlanPhilly sees brighter future with move to WHYY
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The site covers beats including the Philadelphia City Planning Commission, the city’s zoning code and preservation and transportation issues.
"The Pub" Podcast
The Pub #9: Five steps to ideological balance; Latino USA’s Maria Hinojosa; NPR’s Jarl Mohn stumbles on Diane Rehm
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How should public media serve communities like the Latino audience targeted by Hinojosa’s program?
SXSW
Our guide to public media events at SXSW
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Check our list of pubmedia-related sessions — and let us know if we missed yours.
People
Q selects a host, WGBH seats four trustees, and other comings and goings in public media
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The daily culture program, distributed by PRI, fired host Jian Ghomeshi last fall after allegations of his sexual improprieties surfaced.
Quick Takes
Baltimore paper questions underwriting practices at WYPR-FM
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A lengthy cover story in Baltimore’s City Paper said the station fails to distinguish between underwriting and editorial content.
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.