Programs/Content
Kentucky Public Radio’s recipe for a statewide voter guide success
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It takes some planning to create a voter guide that geolocates users, but the payoff is entirely worth it.
Why public media must support colleagues in the path of climate disasters
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We in public media often refer to our little world as “the system.” If we are, in fact, an interdependent system, fundraising to support fellow stations and staffers in distress is the kind of thing we can do to prove it.
HD Radio
Creator of HD Radio will be acquired for $172 million
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The deal is expected to close later this year.
People
Tweets fly at ‘NewsHour’ co-host for remark on Iran nuclear deal
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After criticism, Gwen Ifill elaborated on three words she attached to a White House retweet.
Programs/Content
Engaging audience around digital distraction lands fellowship for young WNYC producer
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Ariana Tobin used “Bored and Brilliant” to draw out listeners’ feelings about being overwhelmed by information.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #34: Outgoing ‘Weekend All Things Considered’ EP Steve Lickteig on NPR’s most-tinkered-with show
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Lickteig discusses the unique production ethos that he says boosted WATC’s ratings over the last two years.
Quick Takes
Three new members join NPR board of directors
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Among the new board members is a former NPR interim president and c.e.o.
Obituaries
Wayne Dyer, ‘one of PBS’s most successful fundraisers,’ dies at 75
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Dyer’s 10 fundraising specials for public TV brought in more than $200 million for stations.
Programs/Content
KCETLink and the Los Angeles Times launch events series
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The series is expected to be a yearlong experiment to reach a wider audience using KCETLink’s viewers and the Times’ web and print properties.
Obituaries
James White, public radio newscaster, dies at 60
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White worked for more than 24 years at WAMU in Washington, D.C.
People
Julie Shapiro heads to Radiotopia, baseball veteran joins KET, and other comings and goings in public media
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Shapiro co-founded the Third Coast International Audio Festival.