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System/Policy

Stations struggle to recruit, train new generation of broadcast engineers

By Austin Fast, Freelance Contributor | 1 hour ago

The workforce of broadcast engineers is reaching retirement age, and far fewer skilled young people are waiting in the wings to take on their roles.

He drove them crazy, but reporters will miss ‘unstoppable’ NPR arts editor Tom Cole

By Jon Kalish, Freelance Contributor | January 22, 2021

Retiring this week after 33 years at the network, Cole tested journalists’ patience but stood out as a devoted advocate for their work.

People on the Move

  • Comings and goings: WNET adds DEI senior director, Nancy Dieterich retiring from GBH …

    Beryl Harold most recently worked for the Westchester Community Opportunity Program.

  • NPR hires chief legal officer

    Elizabeth Allen, a former chief legal officer for Gannett, has experience "leading and guiding the kinds of strategic business decision making we need to do as we move NPR forward," CEO John Lansing said.

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System/Policy

Pubcasters urge FCC to offer ‘flexibility’ on proposed foreign government sponsorship rules

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | January 22, 2021

The FCC has signaled its intent to make broadcasters consistently identify when programs have received financial support from a foreign government.

System/Policy

New agreement gives KALW nonprofit more control of station

By Tyler Falk, Reporter | January 21, 2021

The San Francisco station plans to transition some contract workers to full-time.

Diversity

An antiracist future: a vision and plan for the transformation of public media

By Public Media Anti-Racist Partnership | January 18, 2021

“This effort is the result of more than 200 people in public media coming together to identify the primary obstacles to anti-racist public media and create a vision for transformation.”

Obituaries

Former KCET president Bill Kobin dies at 91

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | January 15, 2021

During a storied career, Kobin helped launch seminal programs for NET and led KCET to “comeback story” status.

People

Comings and goings: Lynne Clendenin will retire from OPB, New York Public Radio hires sponsorship SVP …

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | January 15, 2021

Clendenin has held several roles at OPB’s stations.

People

KOPN selects Miquel Calçada as new leader

By Mike Janssen, Digital Editor | January 14, 2021

Calçada worked in public broadcasting in Spain before moving to the U.S.

Tech

Public media owners agree to sell Pocket Casts podcast platform

By Tyler Falk, Reporter | January 13, 2021

The plan to sell Pocket Casts is in “early stages of development,” according to an NPR spokesperson.

System/Policy

PBS distances itself from former staff attorney ensnared in Project Veritas sting

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | January 12, 2021

A video of the former employee includes “hateful rhetoric” that violates PBS’ values, the network said.

Programs/Content

Public radio stations call on New York Times to take responsibility for ‘lapses in judgment’

By Tyler Falk, Reporter | January 12, 2021

Station leaders and the Public Radio Program Directors Association are questioning the Times’ damage control related to its podcast “Caliphate.”

Podcasts

Southern California Public Radio receives $500,000 CPB grant for podcast studio

By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | January 12, 2021

The grant will help SCPR’s LAist Studios serve younger and more diverse audiences.

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