System/Policy
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.
The potential of AI voices: transforming news delivery and engagement
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With advancements from OpenAI and Meta, newsrooms may adapt and build new features to enhance the reader and listener experience.
People
Kathy Rogers, Houston Public Media’s ‘Hat Lady,’ dies
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“The Hat Lady,” as Rogers was known, began her career in public media in 1998 at KUHF-FM, now part of Houston Public Media, as an underwriting account executive.
Programs/Content
NPR making changes to voice of underwriting credits
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NPR is moving announcer Sabrina Farhi out of her “primary” role reading its sponsorship credits, according to an email to member stations.
System/Policy
CPB backs four more station collaborations on topical reporting
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CPB continues to foster news collaborations, with more than $1.2 million in grants announced Tuesday.
People
Andrew Patner, arts critic for Chicago’s WFMT, dies at 55
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Patner was a longtime critic-at-large for WFMT in Chicago and host of the station’s show Critical Thinking.
Programs/Content
New Regional Journalism Centers will feed national public media news programs
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CPB will establish regional journalism hubs to strengthen news services in their areas and to deliver more locally produced segments to public media’s national programs.
Programs/Content
Serial subject granted appeal
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Adnan Syed, the subject of the podcast, has a chance to overturn his life sentence for the alleged murder of his ex-girlfriend.
Fresh Air
WHYY awarded grant to archive 38 years of Fresh Air
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Around 8,000 episodes of Fresh Air will be made available to the public in 2016.
Invisibilia
Q&A: Mohn leads NPR into ‘golden age of spoken word’
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An in-depth talk with NPR’s president about program strategy, his Spark initiative, NPR’s digital future and more.
Programs/Content
The first of our new improved weekly roundups — now with more content
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This week: the Congressional Downtown Abbey office, new conferences, digital wisdom and more.
Stations
After backlash, board at Pa. pubcaster buys out exec’s contract
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News of the former CEO’s compensation had spurred donors to withhold renewals.