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NPR, ProPublica stand by Red Cross coverage, decline correction request
NPR and ProPublica reject Red Cross's call to correct the news outlets' collaborative investigative series.Filmmakers, subjects testify to value of independent documentaries on PBS
Testimonials from a wide variety of passionate speakers were followed by assurances from panelists that those voices were being heard.The Pub, Episode 6: WWFD (What Would Fred Rogers Do?), PBS documentaries in danger, David Carr on public media
This week, we contemplate how much children’s public television has changed since Fred Rogers’ day, and the news isn’t all bad — far from it, in fact.
Center for Media & Social Impact to announce new co-executive directors
“I'm proud of having built the center and led it for the last 15 years, and delighted to promote its continuity into the next academic generation,” Pat Aufderheide said.Lightning in a bottle: remembering Richard Sher
A public radio general manager recalls a taping of the late host's Says You!.Stephen 'Tim' Roll, veteran WHYY development manager, dies at 61
Roll sold radio, television and digital underwriting at WHYY for 23 years.
WNYC loses content v.p. Chris Bannon to podcasting company Midroll
The opportunity to grow a podcasting audience for a company that’s producing some of his favorite shows appealed to Bannon.Tackling diversity within public media leadership
Why, in the nearly 50 years since public media have been an industry, did the issue of finding a space for women’s voices and leadership not emerge before?‘I AM LAKSHMI SINGH’: How an NPR newscaster became a hat and meme
A WNYC producer hopes for the union of Lakshmi Singh and the hat she inspired.'Soul is just right there' for the winner of NPR's Tiny Desk contest
NPR received nearly 7,000 submissions for its Tiny Desk Concert contest.Frontline picks up two Writers Guild honors, and more awards in public media
WCNY's Daino will be honored for his contributions to the sales and marketing profession and his community.PBS SoCal's Rogers sets retirement date, Mundt heads for Seattle, and other comings and goings in public media
Rogers is retiring April 30, and COO Andrew Russell will take over the top position.Kent Parsons, TV translator pioneer, dies at 82
“Kent is considered the father of TV translators” for both commercial and noncom stations, said a colleague.Says You! host Richard Sher dies at 66
Sher created Says You! in 1996.Gov. Walker's budget proposes 34 percent cut in state funding to Wis. pubcasters
The proposed cuts to Wisconsin Public Radio and Wisconsin Public Television raise questions about the possible impact on their services.
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