Programs/Content
NEPM, Latino Newsletter team up for election-focused media training
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Journalist Julio Ricardo Varela is guiding high school students as they report on the Latino vote in western Massachusetts.
What public radio can learn from pro wrestling’s loyal fan base
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“Sometimes, the most valuable insights come from looking beyond our immediate environment.”
Programs/Content
PodScanning: New podcasts from WGBH, KQED and WNYC
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The podcasts cover football, digital love and the war in Afghanistan.
Quick Takes
KPLU finds success by focusing on local jazz scene
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Jazz, blues and news station KPLU has increased its focus on local jazz and has seen a 20 percent bump in revenue year-to-year.
Programs/Content
With Keillor moving on, stations ponder future with a changing ‘Prairie Home’
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As it transitions to a new host, the weekend mainstay is losing an iconic presence.
Programs/Content
A cross-country network helps Reveal boost its investigative reporting power
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The Texas Tribune and Houston Chronicle are home to reporters for Reveal, helping to produce new stories for the radio show as it gets ready to go weekly in 2016.
People
Veteran AP executive takes over as head of INN
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Sue Cross began her career at AP in 1998 as Los Angeles bureau chief.
Quick Takes
Board OKs channel-share or VHF move for Ohio station in spectrum auction
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The Bowling Green State University Board of Trustees unanimously authorized the university to “maximize the potential revenue” from the auction without completely cashing out on its public TV channels.
Programs/Content
CBC, PRI hope to leave past behind as Shad settles into host chair at ‘q’
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With a new voice and lower-case title, the Canadian network is updating its most popular export to the U.S.
Programs/Content
Use plays from radio’s winning gamebook to connect with mobile, online listeners
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Stations need to rethink their approach to NPR co-branding and on-demand access to content.
Quick Takes
KUSP-FM board dismisses g.m.
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GM Terry Green had managed the community station for 12 years and loaned it $35,000.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #36: How loudness technology can make audio better, with APM’s Rob Byers
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The technology knows that our ears perceives frequencies differently and accounts for the discrepancy.