Programs/Content
Why focusing too much on digital could make stations lose their way
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“A strong app or polished social media presence won’t compensate for a lack of meaningful, locally relevant content.”
Phoenix’s KJZZ revs up coverage of border and trade from northern Mexico
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Senior Field Correspondent Nina Kravinsky, a former NPR producer, is reporting from the station’s news bureau in Hermosillo.
System/Policy
NPR asks federal court to throw out discrimination lawsuit
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The network argued that former employee Kevin Langley had released discrimination claims when he signed a separation agreement.
History of public media
How digging through archives brought the story of NPR’s ‘Founding Mothers’ to life
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“Writing a biography of a person or place, much less four people and a place as storied as NPR, is not for the faint of heart.”
People
Radio Milwaukee executive director steps down
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Kevin Sucher had served in the role since 2020.
People
Comings and goings: SVP of digital leaves NPR, ‘Short Wave’ adds co-host …
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Danzico had worked for the network since 2013.
Programs/Content
New season of ‘Sanditon’ will tone down the sex, feel ‘more classically Jane Austen’
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Criticism that the first season was racier than Austen would have intended “speaks to a difference between the British audience and the American audience,” said the show’s head writer Thursday during the Television Critics Association press tour.
People
Pacifica Foundation announces new leadership
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Stephanie D. Wells previously worked as director of development for the Michelson Found Animals Foundation.
System/Policy
As pay transparency becomes law in New York, Colorado pubmedia has been a testing ground
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“I think especially for women and people of color, this is a piece of information that we have not had.”
Programs/Content
Security in covering right-wing rallies is a ‘constant issue,’ say ‘Frontline’ producers
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“The reporting I have been doing for the last five years involves interviewing people who are armed and oftentimes very not happy with the mainstream media, not happy with me,” ProPublica’s A.C. Thompson told TV critics.
System/Policy
WETA secures its first-ever NEH grant for infrastructure
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The funds support the consolidation and upgrade of the station’s headquarters and production studios in Northern Virginia.
Programs/Content
New KUT podcast showcases Austin’s Black community
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“We get to learn from our guests as much as listeners do.”