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Dispatches from central Florida: Station GMs report on Hurricane Milton’s impact
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“We are tired, but we are all safe and well,” said Judith Smelser, president and GM of WMFE in Orlando.
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“We are tired, but we are all safe and well,” said Judith Smelser, president and GM of WMFE in Orlando.
With more than 200 public radio stations and NPR itself now using the Grove content management system for their websites, public media’s digital infrastructure overhaul is moving forward.
Seattle-based filmmaker Dru Holley produced and directed an hourlong film on the complex history of all-Black Army regiments who came to be known as buffalo soldiers.
Louis and Anthony Maglione, who lived in their family home in Malden, Mass., were avid fans of “American Experience.”
Isgitt succeeds Erin Moran, chief executive since 2019.
“We are now facing some difficult decisions that may result in changes for us,” said CEO Terry O’Reilly.
“The best stories are universal. It doesn’t matter where they’re set,” said Arkansas PBS CEO Courtney Pledger.
Stations will pay on a sliding scale for editing assistance from the Public Media Journalists Association.
PBS’ total budget is expected to break even at $372.2 million.
The MacArthur Foundation’s Press Forward campaign will provide an infusion of badly needed cash for local news. But that cash will likely flow to the prepared.
The show worked with Knology, a social science research institute, to gather feedback from experts, professionals and formerly incarcerated people themselves.
Sean Anker started his career with WFYI and will be returning to the Indianapolis station.