System/Policy
Unions for freelance writers seek new deal with GBH, WNET and PBS SoCal
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The public television freelance agreement expires Oct. 9.
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The public television freelance agreement expires Oct. 9.
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A WTTW spokesperson said the station is ready to return to negotiations and has not received a request to do so.
“I thought it was incredible the way the story was told and how things we’re seeing today are encapsulated in this man’s story,” says Judy Greenspan, director of multiplatform initiatives for the New York–based producing station.
The audience for midday classical music has been declining for the past five years, according to GM Jay Pearce.
Under CEO Victor Hogstrom, the public TV station has doubled its revenue, ramped up local productions and financed the purchase and renovation of a new headquarters.
The fund, which will seek donations in perpetuity, will also back community-based initiatives and research aimed at providing equitable and inclusive access to curriculum-based content.
Rocky Mountain Public Media’s The Drop is experimenting with direct licensing for independent musicians by creating an NFT playlist.
Adams succeeds Molly Wood, who left “Marketplace” last year.
“When I think of Connie, I think of somebody who was buoyant, bubbly and excited even if people were depressed and concerned or worried about whether NPR would exist,” said Jonathan “Smokey” Baer, who worked with Goldman as a production assistant on “All Things Considered.”
“Playing in the FM Band: The Steve Post Story,” a feature-length documentary about a pioneer of freeform radio, zooms in on some odd stuff.
The Ohio Newsroom, a project among the state’s public radio stations, already has four CPB-funded freelancers on board assisting with reporting and editing.