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Outlets aim for engagement as Facebook feeds less news to users
Callouts, virtual station tours and diverse sources of web traffic are among the strategies public media newsrooms are adopting.'The Pub' #106: How new hosts hold onto audiences while being themselves
Our new host gets some advice from two others who have been there.As a DACA recipient, public radio reporter Esmy Jimenez faces an unknown deadline
If the program ends, Jimenez will have to return to Mexico, a country she left at the age of two months in her mother’s care.
As scrutiny reveals deeper problems at NYPR, Walker accelerates workplace reforms
Current and former NYPR employees describe a difficult work environment that extends beyond the studios where hosts like John Hockenberry once presided.Public media projects pull in annual NEA grants
It’s the first of two major grant announcements from the federal program for fiscal year 2018.How to make sure your website works for all users
Making your webpages accessible means not only folk who are blind/deaf can enjoy them, but also every past, present and future browser and search engine can make sense of your site.
'Made Possible By...' #13: Public TV pioneer Alvin Perlmutter
"If you aren't in a position to make mistakes, then you're not going to come up with something worthwhile."NPR's Daniel Zwerdling out after investigation into harassment
At least two NPR staffers reported Zwerdling to human resources in November, according to sources close to the investigation.'Car Talk' shuffle opened doors for new programs on station schedules
A Current analysis of public radio station schedules found that new NPR programs, such as Sam Sanders' "It's Been a Minute," were popular replacements for "Car Talk."Minnesota Public Radio pursues underserved audience with new Somali-language content
The project aims to better serve Minnesota's large Somali community with translations and BBC audio.PBS pushes back on YouTube plans for ‘government funded’ label
“Labeling PBS a 'publicly funded broadcaster' is both vague and misleading,” PBS said in a statement.Mourners pay final tributes to Jacquie Jones, ‘warrior for justice’
"She wanted to be able to be Jacquie Jones, to the end," one speaker said. "And she was.”Shumaker leaves South Carolina station, Skoler resigns in Louisville and other comings and goings
Also, PBS39 in Bethlehem, Pa., has hired two new executives as part of a management restructure.Public media executives grapple with how to prevent harassment
A session at the NETA conference covered how system leaders are re-examining practices dealing with harassment complaints.Indiana station offers new classical music service
The station wanted to create a classical music service with a price "low enough so that stations could use it to cover less critical dayparts."
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