System/Policy
Alaska Public Media to expand broadcast reach through acquisition of TV station
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The station, previously a CBS affiliate, reaches more than 85,000 viewers in southern Anchorage.
StoryCorps’ union rallies for reversal of layoffs
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The CWA unit representing StoryCorps workers is challenging how management handled recent layoffs, alleging retaliation.
System/Policy
Ready To Learn grants to CPB, TPT back four new children’s TV series
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Additional programs will be produced by GBH in Boston and Dave Peth.
System/Policy
KVCR licensee weighs plan to drop NPR and PBS programs, end role with FNX
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The interim chancellor of the San Bernardino Community College District is recommending that the district convert its public TV and radio stations into a media training lab by 2023.
Programs/Content
Collaboration explores diversity of young Latino electorate
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“It starts shattering the monolith of Latinos or youth,” says a contributor to Every 30 Seconds.
Programs/Content
With down-to-earth discussions, GBH’s ‘All Rev’d Up’ highlights issues of faith and Black experience
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“The faith that we have is like blood in our bodies. … We can talk about real life, and you’ll see the stream of faith come through that.”
System/Policy
Staffers at WAMU and WBGO seek recognition of unions
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The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is representing both groups.
Programs/Content
Podcast explores racial inequities in criminal justice through hip-hop
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NPR Music’s “Louder Than a Riot” explores hip-hop as a “microcosm for the Black American experience” with the criminal justice system.
Development
Houston Public Media to receive its largest-ever gift
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The planned gift was made as part of a larger university fundraising campaign.
People
Comings and goings: David Greene leaving NPR’s ‘Morning Edition,’ John Barth retiring from PRX …
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Greene will leave Dec. 29 to “focus on other projects,” according to the network.
