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A session at the NETA conference covered how system leaders are re-examining practices dealing with harassment complaints.
February 1, 2018 | https://current.org/2018/02/public-media-executives-grapple-with-how-to-prevent-harassment/A daylong summit about sexual misconduct in newsrooms included discussion of how NPR and other media organizations have enabled powerful men at the expense of female employees.
January 10, 2018 | https://current.org/2018/01/reporters-who-broke-stories-about-harassment-in-pubmedia-reflect-on-changing-attitudes/Tracy Wahl left NPR in November 2016 as executive producer for editorial franchises.
December 20, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/12/wahl-takes-over-rjc-in-phoenix-nfcb-chooses-board-members-and-other-comings-and-goings/To guarantee the show’s success, its creators had to win over a diverse group of educational broadcasters in the late ’60s.
December 13, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/12/how-sesame-street-persuaded-public-television-to-act-like-a-network/A conference session followed up on an at times contentious panel discussion at last year’s event.
November 14, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/11/journalists-at-third-coast-reflect-on-trumps-first-year/A Black Lives Matter leader said using the games to teach students about slavery was “grossly irresponsible.”
November 3, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/11/second-school-district-halts-use-of-wnets-mission-us-games/Ken Stern’s treatment of NPR in “Republican Like Me” goes beyond his recent op-ed that riled some in public media.
October 25, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/10/book-by-former-npr-ceo-expands-on-liberal-groupthink-at-network/WGBH developed the content with input from 50 teacher advisers.
October 20, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/10/science-lessons-from-wgbhnasa-collaboration-premiere-online/A total of 23 stations are involved in projects funded in this round.
September 13, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/09/cpb-puts-another-3-3-million-into-news-collaborations/Maja Mrkoci joined CPB in 2015 as VP of content and digital media.
September 11, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/09/cpb-appoints-tv-contentinnovation-head-longtime-wisconsin-host-retires-and-other-comings-and-goings/More than anything else, the longtime talk show host’s career has been dedicated to dismantling the racial divides that structure the city and its airwaves.
July 7, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/07/as-marc-steiner-signs-off-baltimore-loses-a-valuable-democratic-forum/The “On the Air” exhibit’s opening day event drew families eager to meet Elmo and Big Bird.
June 30, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/06/lbj-library-honors-public-broadcastings-history-with-new-exhibit/Filmmakers David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg said they “grew up as middle schoolers watching Bill Nye on PBS.”
June 15, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/06/pov-to-air-bill-nye-documentary-after-theatrical-release-from-pbs/Over the past two years KSJD has worked to develop and produce three story-telling initiatives that showcase the importance of first-person story – The Raven Narratives (themed live events with story-tellers from the Four Corners region); Dragon Tales (live events with at-risk youth telling their stories), and Mesa Verde Voices (a podcast series with the voices of archaeologists who study the prehistory of the Southwest and the voices of modern Pueblo peoples who descended from the prehistoric peoples that lived there.)
May 26, 2017 | https://current.org/local-that-works/raven-narratives-dragon-tales-and-mesa-verde-voices/Winnings from the FCC spectrum auction will allow the Los Angeles station to “accelerate investment in the community.”
May 15, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/05/preparing-to-expand-news-kcet-refines-model-for-digital-content/“We could put an end to funding permanently through statute,” says Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.). “And it’s probably time to do that.”
May 8, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/05/maryland-congressman-aims-to-defund-npr-itvs/AIR’s new program director comes from “American Experience.”
April 24, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/04/air-grows-its-staff-nashvilles-curley-sets-retirement-and-other-comings-and-goings-in-public-media/WBUR plans to hire three journalists to tackle stories such as opioid addiction, climate change and immigration.
April 10, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/04/bostons-wbur-to-launch-investigative-unit/Public radio listeners skew toward the liberal end of the spectrum while PBS viewers are more conservative. But in demographic terms, both share characteristics with Trump voters.
April 7, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/04/beyond-politics-public-media-audiences-and-trump-supporters-have-some-things-in-common/“I don’t really care if NPR comes off as politically biased one way or the other, because what I care about is that people’s lives are on the line and that the truth is on the line.”
March 23, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/03/thinkprogress-editor-zack-ford-on-how-public-radio-covers-lgbt-issues/